Many nonprofit board members and employees come from a for-profit, corporate background. While this may lay the groundwork for reviewing and understanding financial statements and tax returns, nonprofit organizations have unique accounting and reporting nuances that can make the transition more complicated than expected.

Good governance is the cornerstone of nonprofit effectiveness. To get there, organizations need board members and trustees who understand – and embrace – their roles and responsibilities.

The University of Iowa offers over 30 certificates for students to choose from if they are interested in earning a credential along with their majors. One of them is the Nonprofit Leadership and Philanthropy Certificate which became available in fall 2019.

Nearly all nonprofit organizations in Iowa have at least one partnership with a college or university, often partnering with more than one. This is among the findings of a study released recently by Iowa Campus Compact, a statewide coalition of colleges and universities committed to educating students for engaged citizenship and creating community-campus collaborations.

Does your agency have a 401k, 403b or other plan to provide retirement funds for your staff? If not, it should. It is incumbent upon not-for-profit programs to ensure that staff who are devoting their careers to assisting vulnerable people have the ability to retire with financial resources available to them.

For far too long, there were very few places the most vulnerable members of our community could go for dental care. Often left to decide between putting food on the table and fixing a toothache, the tooth went untreated. The creation of Eastern Iowa Dental Center (EIDC), a new component of a Federally Qualified Health Center in Cedar Rapids, hoped to change this reality.