Charity Therapy
By Jess Birken, MNM, JD
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What if you could hang out with experienced nonprofit professionals and ask them your burning questions about the day-to-day life of nonprofits? What if you could take their wisdom and bring it back to your organization, for free? That's what we do on Charity Therapy. Hosted by Jess Birken - owner and lawyer at Birken Law Office. Every episode is an in-depth look at how to run a nonprofit, from fundraising to IRS woes to people problems and more! Our goal is to empower nonprofits to achieve your mission by doing things right.
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161: A Rinky-Dink Outfit | Why Recording In-Kind Donations Matters For Your Nonprofit
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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160: Indiana vs Minnesota Throwdown | Can Business Interruption Insurance Help Nonprofits Who Closed During ICE Raids? With Cody Wiswasser
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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159: Reporter on the Street | Can You Use Retirement Funds to "Invest" In A Nonprofit? With Jeff Beck
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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158: Is Your Ringer On? | How Nonprofits Can Find and Hire a Good Lawyer
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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157: Old Woman Shakes Fist at Sky | How Classy May Be Hurting Your Donor Relationships
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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156: Captain Depressio Reporting for Duty | Can Nonprofits Give Tax-Free Money to People?
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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155: Baby Don't Hurt Me | What To Do When a Donor Gift Harms More Than Helps
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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154: It's Gravy, Baby! | What is a Nonprofit Audit? with Hannah Hugen
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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153: It's a Triple Whammy | How to Fix the Culture of Overwork at Your Nonprofit with Rachel Platt
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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152: That's Called Tax Fraud! | When an Entrepreneur has a "Really Good" Nonprofit Idea
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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151: Give Mark Your Crap! | When a PEO is a Good Fit for Your HR Needs with Mark Bromberg
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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150: All Press is Good Press? | GoFundMe Creates 1.4M Nonprofit Donation Pages Without Consent with Ephraim Gopin
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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149: Um, Actually... | How Many Times Should a Nonprofit Board of Directors Meet?
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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148: Type A Personalities Unite! | When Nonprofits Should (Or Shouldn't!) Use PEOs for Their HR with Jess Holst
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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147: Keep Doing You, Boo | Are Nonprofit DEI Initiatives Illegal? With Guest Megan Fuciarelli
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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146: Groaning & Moaning | Why Record Retention & Data Management Systems Matter for Nonprofits
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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145: Astronauts vs. Scuba Divers | Can You Convert a Failing Business Into a Nonprofit?
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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144: Pretending It's 1995 | Breaking Down the IRS Changes for 501(c)(3) Status for Churches
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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143: Anonymized Juicy Gossip | What Happens If You Don't Do the Nonprofit Filings?
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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142: Someone Get Me a Flux Capacitor! | What Happens When Your Nonprofit IRS Status is Revoked
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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141: Justice for the 8 Cents! | How to Communicate Nonprofit "Overhead" Expenses
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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140: Serenity Now | Can the President Seize a Nonprofit's Assets?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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139: Counting On Our Fingers | Understanding The Long Wait Times for IRS Tax Exemption Applications
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May 29, 2025 |
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138: Trump Vs. Harvard | Can the President Revoke a Nonprofit's Tax-Exempt Status?
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May 15, 2025 |
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137: This Is Not Mad Men | Advice for Executive Directors Managing Their Board with David Rhode
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May 01, 2025 |
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136: Please Sir, Can I Have Some More? | How to Thrive in Nonprofit Fundraising in 2025
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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135: One Big Nugget | What Nonprofits Need to Know About DEI & Trump's Executive Order
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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134: Witchcraft Ceremonies & Monster Truck Shows | Dissolving a Nonprofit with an SBA Disaster Loan
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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133: We're All Pre-Fired | Hiring an Interim Executive Director with Roger Meyer
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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132: Bigger and Better | Can the Trump Administration Target Nonprofits?
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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131: Everything Turned Out Fine? | Major Funding Changes with the Trump Administration
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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130: Pleasantries & Pontificating | Great Nonprofit Board Meetings with Maria Huntley
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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129: Varying Degrees of F'd Up | Giving Up Your IRS Nonprofit Status
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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128: Don't Let Rich People Boss You Around | Do Grants Make the Nonprofit Worth It?
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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127: Waiting for the Cat | Nonprofit Audits & Financial Transparency with Peter Farstad
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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126: Unicorns and Rainbows and Care Bears | Giving Tuesday with Ephraim Gopin
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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125: True Crime Mukbangs | Understanding Scammy Nonprofits
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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124: Oxford Comma Drama | The Role of a Nonprofit Board of Directors
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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123: Take Off Those Donor Goggles | What to Do When Your IRS 1023 Application is Pending
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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122: Legal Mumbo Jumbo | How to Open a Bank Account for a Nonprofit Chapter
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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121: You're not a (Dill Pickle) Lemonade Stand | Founders' Rights in Nonprofit Organizations
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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120: Reanimating the Zombie | How to Restart a Dissolved Nonprofit Organization
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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119: How Do You Say Shower?! | Understanding DBAs and Assumed Names for Nonprofits
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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118: Playing Fairy Godmother | Choosing a Successor Organization in a Nonprofit Dissolution
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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117: Free Therapy for Wallabies | Political Activity for c3 Nonprofits & the Heritage Foundation
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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116: We Don't Need to Be Cops | Financial Fraud in Nonprofits
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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115: Hell No! | Dissolving a Nonprofit Organization
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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114: A Four Egg Day | Understanding Restricted Gifts for Nonprofits
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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113: Take a Deep Breath | Grant Writing for Small Nonprofits
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May 30, 2024 |
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112: Blaspheme It Up | Nonprofit Fundraising with T. Clay Buck
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May 16, 2024 |
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111: Yoink, You're Done! | Understanding IRS 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status
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May 02, 2024 |
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110: Don't Do It, Emmanuel! | When NOT to Start a Public Charity Nonprofit
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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109: SMART Goals & Cans of Worms
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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108: Clover the B | Navigating Tax Status and Exploring IRS Forms
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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107: All Aboard the Struggle Bus!
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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106: Down With the Golf Tournament
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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105: A Rose By Any Other Name…
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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104: To Be or Not 2B?
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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103: Buddy Systems & Sitcom Jingles
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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102: Jiminy Cricket Reporting for Duty
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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101: The Tough Love Episode
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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100: A Twinkie for Your Brain
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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099: Pump It Up!
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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098: Politics Are Weird
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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097: Girl Scouts & Vocabulary Lessons
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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096: This Ain't the Hobbit!
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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095: Meeting Skeletons
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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094: The Anxiety Conga Line
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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093: Buses and Boats and RVs, Oh My!
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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092: Red Flags & Lemonade Stands
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Welcome to Charity Therapy!
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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091: My Life the Musical
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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090: The Wisdom of a 14-Year-Old
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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089: Midwestern Shame Spirals
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Hitting the Hail on the Ned
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Money, Money, Money
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May 25, 2023 |
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Don't Sue Each Other!
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May 12, 2023 |
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One Giant Blooper
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Fighting to the Death for Some PTO
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Magic Wands & Shiny New Toys
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Let's Keep This Private
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Follow the Money
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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It's Like an Onion
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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TLDR: Y'all Need Protection!
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Periods of Baldness
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Making Ch-ch-ch-changes!
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Size Matters
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Two Thumbs Down
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Onto the Next Chapter!
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Ghouls and Goblins Unite!
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Join Me on my Soapbox
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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It's a Burner-Outer
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Here Comes the Drama Sh#tstorm
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Survey Says…
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Let's Get Existential
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Screaming into the Void
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Welcome to Survivor Island
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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There Definitely Won't Be Bears
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Perpetual Burnout Machine
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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The Dark Side of Donations
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May 27, 2022 |
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Ernest Goes to the IRS!
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May 13, 2022 |
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April Showers bring May 990s
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Eating Your Own Dog Food & Other Idioms
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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The Road to Fundraising Hell
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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It's an Ephraim-A-Thon!
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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This Ain't Prom!
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Nonprofit Time Machine
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Bitcoin for Nonprofits!
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Magical Consulting Dust
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Space Cadets & Nonprofit Comas
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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You Catch My Drift?
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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You've Got Junk Mail!
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Warning: Rant Ahead!
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Show Your Work!
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Board Police: Conflicts Investigation Unit
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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When You Wish Upon a 1099
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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"I Have a Nonprofit" Problems
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Nonprofit Storytelling that Doesn't Stink!
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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The Grayest Areas of Employment Law
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Artsy Nonprofit or Nonprofit-y Art?
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Covid Q&A: The Nonprofit Re-Opening Guide
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Nonprofit Marketing the Joyful Way
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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The Mission Is Your North Star
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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The Gates Foundation (and Divorce!)
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May 26, 2021 |
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Nonprofit Founders Syndrome
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May 13, 2021 |
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Network Your Brains Out!
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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The Messiest Nonprofits: Voting Member Orgs
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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990 Season!
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Putting a Nonprofit in Hyper-Sleep
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Robert's Rules: Your Personal Hell
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Nonprofit Dissolution: It's Complicated!
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Nonprofit Q&A: Listen to Your Nonprofit Treasurer!
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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The Curse of Employee Turnover
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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How to Be a Savvy Donor
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Nonprofit Q&A: The Unpaid "Employees" Edition
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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How to get the most out of your board meetings
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Founder Feature: Nonprofits Don't Grow Overnight
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Nonprofit Q&A: Trick or Treat?
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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All of Us Are Stronger Than Any One of Us
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Nonprofit Q&A: Charity or Robbery?
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Help, My Boss Tried to Kiss Me!
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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The Future of Donor Engagement
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Q&A: The Mystery of the Zombie Nonprofit
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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Founder Feature: Childhood Dream to a Nonprofit Reality
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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A Secret Cause of Your Nonprofit Diversity Problem
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Q&A: The Case of the Copied Nonprofit
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Your Brain on Uncertainty
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Scammers, Deception... Who Can You Trust?
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May 22, 2020 |
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Nonprofit Innovation - Without Losing Your Soul
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May 08, 2020 |
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Should YOU apply for coronavirus SBA loans?
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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The New Paid Leave Law All Small Orgs Must Follow
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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The Nonprofit Crisis Survival Guide
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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Nonprofit Q&A: The Common Sense Edition
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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What happens when you disrupt the status quo
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Level up your org with Charities Review Council
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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Will a Law Degree Help You Change the World?
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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So you fired your ED - now what?
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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Is Giving Going Away?
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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When is it time to end a nonprofit?
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Nonprofit Fundraising Fake News
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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002: The Sky is Falling
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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001: The Kicker-Offer
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Oct 23, 2019 |