What Does Your 990 Say About You?
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If you are like most, you may view the 990 filing for your non-profit organization like you view filing your income taxes–an annoying, burdensome task best handled by an accountant. The difference is, you aren’t obligated to make your personal tax filing available for review by anyone who asks like you are with your organization’s 990. Given that the 990 filings are available online at sites like Guidestar, you aren’t even necessarily aware of who ...
Facebook Is Matching Donations On #GivingTuesday, Here’s What You Need To Know
Facebook has just announced that they are partnering with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to match donations made through Facebook on #GivingTuesday (November 28) up to $2 million. Facebook is also waiving the processing fees for these transactions, even after the match runs out. Because of the nature of Facebook and magnitude of this campaign, I expect that there will be a higher-than-average number of donations via Facebook. That said, this doesn’t apply to funds that ...
It’s Cool To Say No To Features
The marketing guy was breathless with excitement. “This is going to be the killer feature!” he enthused. “Customers are totally clamoring for this thing, so if we can just get it into the next release, sales will skyrocket!” My role was “program manager,” which in some more primitive languages is translated as, “wet blanket” or “I hate that guy.” This role included owning the schedule and the feature list, so the product couldn’t have a ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…