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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Policy Updates
- Census Forms Start Printing Without A Citizenship Question
- Survey on Nonprofit Transportation Tax
- Welcome Madeleine Morgan, MNN's Programs and Services Manager
- Sponsor the 2019 Annual Conference on Wednesday, October 16
- MNN Regional Meetings: Southeast, Pioneer Valley, and Cape & Islands Regions
- Free Webinar on July 24 on an Affordable Retirement Plan for Nonprofits
- Nonprofit 411: How to Prepare for Having Your 990 Prepared
- Free Webinars
- Jobs and Resources
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Census Forms Start Printing Without A Citizenship Question
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On Thursday, June 27, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 5-4
rejection
of the Trump Administration's rationale to include a question asking about citizenship on the 2020 Census. The Court left in place a lower court's ruling to block the question for now.
After the ruling, the printing of census questionnaires without a citizenship question started.
However, at a separate lower court hearing on Friday, July 5, the Trump Administration indicated that they are investigating other legal avenues to getting a question on citizenship on the census.
MNN was pleased with the Supreme Court ruling and will continue to follow this issue.
Public education on the importance of the 2020 Census in traditionally hard-to-count communities will be needed.
Nonprofits are trusted messengers and are in unique positions to promote participation. Resources for nonprofits can be found
here
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Survey On Nonprofit Transportation Tax
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Last month, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation,
H.R. 3300
, that would repeal the 21 percent
tax on nonprofit transportation benefits
, such as parking and transit passes. Nonprofits affected by this tax can take a
quick survey
to provide helpful information that will be used to demonstrate impact on the sector as conversations on the Hill continue.
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Welcome Madeleine Morgan, MNN's Programs and Services Manager
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MNN is pleased to welcome
Madeleine Morgan
, MNN's new Programs and Services Manager. Madeleine will play an essential role in leading, managing, and developing MNN's programs and services. She will direct and execute strategy, operations, and logistics for member engagement programs, including the Annual Conference, Nonprofit Awareness Day and the Excellence Awards event, and Regional Meetings. Reach out to Madeleine
here
to say welcome.
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Sponsor the 2019 Annual Conference on Wednesday, October 16
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Sponsorship of MNN's Annual Conference on Wednesday, October 16 in Framingham increases the visibility of companies within the nonprofit sector and is available to current MNN members. The Conference is one of the largest gatherings of nonprofit professionals, convening over 650 nonprofit and business leaders from across Massachusetts to learn, share, and network.
Click the button below
to sponsor the Annual Conference.
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MNN Regional Meetings: Southeast, Pioneer Valley, and Cape & Islands Regions
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Don't miss one of MNN's free Regional Meetings, happening throughout the month of July at the following times and locations:
- Southeast Regional Meeting on Thursday, July 11 from 9:00-11:00 am at the Waypoint Event Center in New Bedford;
- Pioneer Valley Regional Meeting on Thursday, July 25 from 9:30 am - 12:00 pm at the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts in Springfield;
- Cape & Islands Regional Meeting on Wednesday, July 31 from 9:30 to 11:30 am at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth.
The meetings are free and open to all nonprofits.
They will provide a membership update and review new and expanded member services and programs that MNN offers. In addition, the meetings will include a presentation on the 2020 Census and the role that nonprofits can play to help insure an accurate count. There will also be time for informal networking before and after the meetings.
Register below.
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Free Webinar on July 24 on an Affordable Retirement Plan for Nonprofits
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Attend our next free webinar on July 24 at 10:00 am hosted by
Massachusetts CORE Plan
, an affordable, state-administered retirement plan for nonprofits with 20 or fewer employees. The webinar will cover the specific employee actions that correlate with higher projected lifetime incomes, how employers can foster these behaviors, and how the Massachusetts CORE Plan can help.
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New and Returning Affiliate Members
*discount to MNN members
You can see a full listing of affiliates in our online
Business Directory
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Many affiliates offer discounts to our members!
AimBridge provides outsourced HR solutions for startup ventures and growing businesses.
*25-30% discount to all MNN members and affiliates.
GMA Foundations helps foundations and individual donors make grants to charitable nonprofit organizations and manage the day-to-day administrative details of giving programs.
Greater Giving provides technology solutions to the nonprofit community in order to improve their fundraising efforts.
*Preferred pricing.
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IPM Advancement is a full-service nonprofit fundraising agency that offers analytics, consulting, and deployment products and services.
*Free 30-minute consulting session and 15% off final pricing for the first analytics and/or consulting project.
Johnson O'Connor supports local nonprofit organizations through assurance, tax, and consulting services.
Kintone is a web-based data management platform.
*2 consultation hours with a Nonprofit Community Leader.
Margolies and Potterton helps labor unions and social justice organizations find staff.
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The New Kensington Group provides strategic development and nonprofit consulting services.
Positively Partners is a social enterprise working to hire, engage, retain, and best position talented professionals to achieve results.
Zevin Asset Management helps nonprofit clients actively advance their missions by achieving impact beyond investment performance.
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How to Prepare for Having Your 990 Prepared
Whether you prepare your own Form 990 or outsource it, you can make the process less painful by following some simple steps and gathering certain information well-before prep begins. Some of these steps can only be done after your fiscal year ends. However, by understanding each step and being proactive, your 990-filing experience can come and go with ease. This list is not all-inclusive as each organization is different, but many of these steps are common for all organizations.
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Are you making decisions based upon incomplete, outdated or inaccurate information? Do you know if you are? Many nonprofit organizations don’t have the resources to employ high level accounting and finance professionals. As a result, management of these organizations find themselves, knowingly or unknowingly, making decisions based on inaccurate financial information. This webinar will teach key metrics that any organization can track, as well as what those metrics tell you about the financial health of your organization. This webinar is hosted by MNN and is presented by
Kevin P. Martin & Associates
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Register here
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This webinar will cover using cloud systems as a file server replacement, easily meet compliance requirements, and provide staff the tools they need so they don’t have to use “Shadow IT.” Attendees will learn how Dropbox can meet these needs, basic management of the platform, and learn about enhanced features to improve workflows. This webinar is hosted by MNN and presented by
Insource Services
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Register here
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The Social Innovation Forum's (SIF)
Social Innovator Accelerator Application
is now open. SIF seeks seven Massachusetts nonprofits for the 2019-2020 cohort, which will receive 24 months of capacity-building support. SIF's Lead Sponsors include Barr Foundation, The Boston Foundation, The Charlotte Foundation, and The Devonshire Foundation.
Click here to apply
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Project: Website
is a nonprofit that provides web development services to other nonprofits at no cost. The free program connects nonprofits with highly-skilled developers from over 25 countries to provide a cost-free solution to building a powerful online presence. They're
currently offering priority acceptances to qualifying MNN members.
Apply
here
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New Profit, Inc.
is seeking an organization
to share their new office space
at 225 Franklin Street in Boston. Details on the space can be foun
d
here
. Contact
phuong_dao@newprofit.org
if interested.
BANKW Staffing
is offering
complimentary conference room space
to nonprofit members of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network. Conference room space is available in all four of their offices in Boston, Woburn, Portsmouth, NH, and Bedford, NH. To view their space or to reserve a conference room, please contact Jillian Vaillancourt at
jvaillancourt@bankwstaffing.com
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New and Returning MNN Nonprofit Members
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MNN's work is made possible by our members and supporters including the Barr Foundation, The Boston Foundation, and the Highland Street Foundation.
If you'd like to share a story or information that is important to Massachusetts nonprofits, contact
fmartinez@massnonprofitnet.org
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