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Does Your Board Culture Set the Right Tone? Learn How to Cultivate Positivity That Permeates Throughout Your Organization. The culture of your Board of Directors is defined by how your board members communicate, work together, and make decisions. It sets...

How Could New Laws Help Your Organization? Discover How to Achieve Success With Lobbying Only 3% of all charities actively lobby for their organizations and the causes they hold dear. You can make life better for the people and communities...

See How Easily You Can Get Donors’ Attention. Discover 10 Quick and Easy Ways to Attract Donors and Funds The number of nonprofits in the U.S. is increasing every year, now topping 1.5 million. When you’re a nonprofit leader, the...

Master 2 CFR 200 and Federal Grant Compliance Rules With expanded federal funding comes increased scrutiny and greater risk. Stay ahead by understanding the changes to 2 CFR 200, the OMB Uniform Guidance, and critical federal grant compliance requirements. Review...

Don’t Let Subrecipients’ Errors Hurt Your Organization. Learn About Your Complex Monitoring and Management Duties. You may have spent years trusting the organizations you support to maintain compliance when managing the grant funds you share. With heightened government scrutiny, now...

Is Teaching Consistent Enough at Your School? Use PLCs and CFAs to Improve Instruction. With research showing that the pandemic is hurting students’ performance, schools that excel take advantage of the strongest teaching practices across classrooms. Through the use of...

For nonprofits 2025 could turn out to be a repeat of 2024. Slow economic growth and lower inflation, but not reduced prices, are likely to continue. Nonprofit budgets will remain tight, and donors will continue to be cautious about choosing...

What Are the 3 Es of Board Development? Build Performance Through Education, Evaluation, and Exit To truly succeed, a nonprofit needs a passionate board of directors. Board performance is a critical ingredient in an organization’s ability to achieve impact. It...

Newest FinCEN Guidance on Section 314 and Illegal Activity: Learn the Guidance for Collaborating With Other Institutions In December, FinCEN released new guidance on applying section 314 of the U.S. Patriot Act governing information sharing. The global pandemic and changes...

Set a Foundation for the Success of Your ELL Students Now. Apply Proven Strategies Before They Miss Essential Instruction. The beginning of the school year is the only time to get English Language Learners on track to understand course content....

You Need to Know These 5 Employment Laws: Learn What Managers Must Do to Avoid Lawsuits A few weeks ago, business owners went to jail because they did not follow basic employment law! While this is a rare occurrence, getting...

Engage Students with the Right Questions. Discover a Tactic to Activate Your Classroom In-Person As students return to classrooms, educators need new strategies to shift instruction from distance learning to in-person teaching. Asking questions is one of the best methods...

Are Your Students Lazy? No, You Can Help Them Thrive by Building Executive Functioning Skills. Students in remote and hybrid settings often fail to complete assignments at home. While some teachers lament they are lazy, these students actually lack the...

Are Your Board Members Fundraising? Learn 5 Ways to Get Them Immediately Involved Successful nonprofits rely on their board members to contribute to the fundraising effort, even more critical than their fiduciary responsibility in driving and sustaining growth. You can...

Engage Parents to Help Address Behavior Concerns. Learn Seven Steps to Build Partnerships That Get Results. When a student presents problematic behaviors, the partnership between their parents and the school will either strengthen or weaken. Parent involvement ranges from nonexistent...

Answered: Your Most Burning Questions About Grant Budgets. Learn Strategies to Increase Accuracy and Save Time. Nonprofits are benefitting from a growing number of grants. This funding can be critical to your organization’s programs and success, but managing grant budgets...

Decipher the Format of ACH Files: Learn the Logic Behind Nacha Formatting Standards Every piece of data in a Nacha-formatted ACH file has a meaning and purpose. Understanding the structure and format will enable you to decipher transactions, spot exceptions,...

Key Summer Goal: Common Formative Assessments Implement Your Plan for the School Year Now. With summer approaching, now is the perfect time to begin implementing common formative assessments for the next school year. During the break, PLCs and course teams...

The Ultimate Guide to ACH Origination: Learn Your Institution’s Obligations as an ODFI Every Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI) has obligations, rights, and responsibilities when processing transactions through the ACH Network. If you are new to ACH origination, serve as...

The Ultimate Guide to ACH Receiving: Learn Your Institution’s Obligations as an RDFI Every Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI) has obligations, rights, and responsibilities when processing transactions through the ACH Network. If you are new to ACH operations, serve as...

Show Frontline Staff How to Handle the Increasing Volume of ACH Transactions: Provide Training on the Fundamentals and Latest Developments As the world has moved online over the last year, the volume of ACH transactions has skyrocketed. Account holders are...

Do You Have Risky ACH Agreements? Learn How to Work With Third-Party Service Providers Safely As an ODFI, you must understand your institution’s warranties and liability within the ACH Network. The agreements you maintain with your originators and third-party service...

The automated clearinghouse (ACH) system represents an essential part of our national and international payment system network. Depository institutions send each other batches of electronic credit and debit transfers through this network. Payments such as payroll deposits, social security benefits,...

ACH Disputes: Learn How to Investigate and Resolve Them ACH disputes are rising, resulting from an increased volume of transactions, pandemic-ravaged account balances, and untrained staff. Simultaneously, some rules have changed. You need to understand your institution’s current obligations for...