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Return to the Workplace and Employer Compliance guides with key questions to consider as you make your organization’s plan
Gallagher has put together a five-step process to develop your return to work strategy taking into consideration your organization’s workplace, people, communications, and processes. These Return to Workplace and Employer Compliance guides (current as of May 5, 2020)...
The New Three-Part Fundraising Ask for Times of Crisis
Gail Perry of Fired-Up Fundraising shares her three-step personal, authentic, and transparent fundraising ask process: 1. Open with a warm, personal connection to the reader or listener. 2. Share detailed, transparent information on what’s happening at your...
Ohio Nonprofit COVID-19 Survey – A Report of the Results
COVID-19 is limiting how charities operate with a new study showing that more than one in four Ohio nonprofits are not able to provide any services due to its economic fallout and an additional 50% are doing so at a significantly reduced capacity. The Ohio Attorney...
Why Companies Doing the Right Thing Matters More than Ever – from Industry Week
Ethan Karp, president and CEO of MAGNET, writes about the importance of businesses stepping up and living in their values. Through examples both in Northeast Ohio and across the country, Karp emphasizes that “this is when we show our employees, our customers, and our...
SBA Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application & Instructions
On May 15, the SBA, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, released the PPP Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions for the application. Click here to view the application and instructions. Read on.
FMA (Fiscal Management Associates) PPP Toolbox full of resources
FMA’s PPP Toolbox provides resources including webinars and tools to help nonprofits navigate the PPP – from application through loan management and reporting and forgiveness. Read on.
What Good Business Looks Like – from Harvard Business Review
“We human beings are here on this planet to take care of each other – and business is a way we can do that at scale.” In this powerful article about corporate social responsibility, Harvard Business Review focuses on the companies who are showing up and doing good to...
Updated SBA FAQ document about PPP loan necessity
The SBA updated its FAQ document on May 13, 2020, to provide additional guidance on economic necessity certification. Any borrower that received PPP loans with a loan of less than $2 million will be deemed to have made the economic necessity certification in good...
SCORE Volunteers Webinar on Nonprofit Response to COVID-19
Join panel of nonprofit mentors for a discussion around managing a nonprofit in these times. -- May 19, 3 pm
Forum on COVID-19, the Economy, and the Nonprofit World
Discussion on how charities, foundations, and donors are responding and adapting from Chronicle of Philanthropy