Category Archives: Pro Bono Partnership
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: NJ’s New Equal Pay and Paid Sick Leave Laws Provide Expanded Equitable Protections for Employees
July 18, 2018New Jersey has enacted two new laws that will dramatically impact the workplace. Both laws aim to provide a more equitable workplace for minorities, women, and other lower-paid employees. Each of the laws presents significant compliance challenges for employers, so … Continue reading
The Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: A Title Conundrum
October 17, 2017I often wonder if it is productive to try to fashion a catchy title for a post, particularly when you could be the only person who thinks it is catchy. This one’s a stretch. The driver for this title is … Continue reading
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: The ‘duty to read’
September 26, 2017If you have attended one of the workshops presented by Pro Bono Partnership that includes a discussion on nonprofit governance, you likely have heard us talk about the three legal duties of nonprofit trustees and officers. In New Jersey, these … Continue reading
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: Raising Unrestricted Revenue
August 29, 2017Are you tired of endless grant applications, expenditure tracking, report writing? Do you know that you have great services and could probably market more great services or products through a natural expansion of your programs? Are you thinking it would just … Continue reading
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: Sorting through the dreaded 501c3 reporting obligations
July 18, 2017Paperwork. Reporting requirements. I know. This isn’t a very captivating topic. But many tasks that nonprofits need to attend to aren’t captivating. But this is an important topic, one that if ignored could put your nonprofit at significant risk of … Continue reading
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: Board Performance and Inertia
June 20, 2017I tend to be uncomfortable with change. I know I am not alone. People’s resistance to change has spawned many different uses for the word “inertia” that have nothing to do with physics. There are cognitive inertia, business inertia, organizational … Continue reading
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: How to Spot and Address Conflicts of Interest in the Board Room
May 16, 2017We’ve all seen the headlines about possible conflicts of interest in the news lately, in stories of national interest and importance. The topic is also important for all nonprofits to understand and address properly, regardless of whether those organizations’ activities … Continue reading
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: Lawyers Giving Back to Their Communities
April 25, 2017Volunteers help make our communities stronger and nicer places to live. Their extraordinary efforts are the impetus for National Volunteer Week, celebrated this week, April 23-29, a time to recognize and thank volunteers who lend their time, talent, voice … Continue reading
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: Keeping Your House in Order
March 14, 2017As noted in Allison Trimarco’s February post, these are interesting times, replete with significant issues. To borrow some phrasing from Kipling, if you can stay focused on your mission, when all around you there is challenge and change, you will … Continue reading
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: Does Your Organization Meet the Public Support Test?
February 21, 2017Where Funding Comes From Matters Your nonprofit is pretty new and still small. It’s been operating on about $5,000 a year. Now a funder wants to give you a grant for $20,000. Or, it’s a mature charity, but an offer … Continue reading
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: Seven Simple Suggestions for Making Your Lawyer Happy (cont.)
February 2, 2017Last month, I offered you the first four of my seven tips for making a lawyer happy. Here are the final three. Five: If You Want to Schedule a Call, Please Suggest Some Days and Time. Some nonprofits will drop … Continue reading
Pro Bono Partnership Pundit: 7 Simple Suggestions for Making Your Lawyer Happy
January 17, 2017The New Jersey office of Pro Bono Partnership in 2015 helped 299 nonprofit clients with 654 formal projects and 788 resource calls. As we closed out 2016, we were well on the way to shattering those numbers, with the same … Continue reading