Resources & Articles
Curated articles, guides, and tools to help nonprofit leaders strengthen financial management, HR practices, and organizational effectiveness.
Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.
Performance Review & Appraisals
The video emphasizes that performance appraisals should be viewed as an ongoing coaching process rather than a once-a-year event. Managers are encouraged to prepare thoroughly by reviewing performance against established goals, documenting objective examples of employee performance, and avoiding personal bias or assumptions.
Collin Powell-The Essence of Leadership
One of the central themes of Colin Powell's speeches on leadership is that leadership is about serving others, building trust, and setting the example. Powell consistently emphasized that leadership is not defined by rank or authority but by the ability to inspire people to achieve a common purpose.
How to Discipline and Document a Toxic Employee
Why This Matters for Nonprofits: Toxic employee behavior — whether through chronic negativity, workplace bullying, insubordination, or cultural sabotage — can undermine mission effectiveness, erode team morale, and expose organizations to significant legal liability. Nonprofits, with their lean HR infrastructure and values-driven culture, are especially vulnerable. This guide provides a step-by-step framework for addressing toxic behavior lawfully, compassionately, and decisively.
The CEO's Role in Leading Transformation
In today’s business environment, companies cannot settle for incremental improvement; they must periodically undergo performance transformations to get, and stay, on top. But in the volumes of pages on how to go about implementing a transformation, sur-prisingly little addresses the role of one important person. What exactly should the CEO be doing, and how different is this role from that of the executive team or the initiative’s sponsors?
Download PDFProposed Uniform Guidance," 2 C.F.R. Part 200 Federal Rule Changes Could Affect Your Grants
OMB has proposed the most significant overhaul of federal grants rules (the "Uniform Guidance," 2 C.F.R. Part 200) since 2013. If your organization receives federal funding directly, or as a subrecipient through a state agency, county, or larger nonprofit, this deserves your board's and finance team's attention now — not after the rule is finalized.
Florida Nonprofit Alliance 2026 Compensation and Benefits Survey
Florida Nonprofit Alliance, along with partners from across the state, is pleased to launch the first ever comprehensive, statewide compensation and benefits survey. Compensating employees - the people who work hard to make our communities better places to live - is one of the most important strategies to ensure organizational quality and sustainability. This survey supports the development of a comprehensive Compensation & Benefits Report and Dashboard that provides benchmarking data for a wide range of nonprofit positions across organizations of varying sizes throughout Florida. Your participation helps us provide county-level data - we must have a minimum of 5 respondents per position and county to include it in the report. Your responses are confidential and will only be reported in aggregate. Results will be shared with all participating organizations. The final report and dashboard will help Florida nonprofits demonstrate sound management to grantmakers, donors, and community stakeholders, while also supporting hiring, retention, and informed budgeting decisions
The 2026 Economic Impact of Florida’s Nonprofits Florida Nonprofit PPT Presentation
The Economic Impact Report PPT is a summary of the financial information created by the nonprofit sector in Florida. It aggregates data related to how nonprofits contribute to the economy. Financial data includes employment numbers, wages, and revenue. It also describes those economic impacts by region and sub-sector.
The 2026 Economic Impact of Florida’s Nonprofits Florida Nonprofits
The Economic Impact Report is a summary of the financial information created by the nonprofit sector in Florida. It aggregates data related to how nonprofits contribute to the economy. Financial data includes employment numbers, wages, and revenue. It also describes those economic impacts by region and sub-sector.
2024 Revised Uniform Guidance
On April 22, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued guidance for “Federal Financial Assistance,” which included the 2024 revised Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance).
Financial Risk Self-Assessment
Navigate Financial Uncertainty with Confidence
Effective Audit Committee Guide
The independent audit committee fulfills a vital role in … governance. The audit committee can be a critical component in ensuring quality
Nonprofit Internal Control Assessment
Evaluate your organization's internal control environment against all five COSO components and seventeen principles. Rate each principle from 1 (Absent) to 5 (Optimized). Results generate a prioritized deficiency list and downloadable action plan.
Internal Control Assessment for Non-Profit Organization
Strong internal controls are the financial backbone of every mission-driven organization. Yet for many nonprofits — regardless of size or budget — control gaps develop quietly over time, often going undetected until they surface as an audit finding, a funder disallowance, or worse, a fraud loss.
EFFECTIVE AUDIT COMMITTEES For Nonprofit Organizations
A strong audit committee is important for all organizations. Growing organizations, as well as established organizations, audit committee may provide.
Leading With Influence The 6 Power Bases
Effective leadership is about more than just achieving compliance—it’s about inspiring enthusiastic commitment. Brig. Gen. Bernard Banks discusses the science of leadership behind motivating others.
Nonprofit Audit Guide
Nonprofit Audit Guide to provide charitable nonprofits with the tools they need to make informed decisions about independent audits.