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November 9, 2021
Distribution: All Active Volunteers
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FEATURED DEPARTMENT - ACCOUNTING |
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What is New in Accounting |
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1. AP Bill Processing Status
2. Traveling? Mind the GSAs.
3. Treasurer Tuesday Schedule
4. National Allocation or Chapter Local Funds?
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Traveling? Mind your GSAs |
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As volunteers start to travel again, please remember that hotel rates and meals while traveling must be within the GSA Per Diem rate for the area of travel as required by the terms and conditions of SCORE’s federal award and SCORE’s policies. The GSA Rates are published at this website: https://www.gsa.gov/travel-resources. Any hotel rates over the GSA rate will charged to chapter local funds.
Taking someone out to lunch to discuss SCORE business? We need legible itemized receipts (no alcohol on the receipt), who was in attendance, and an extensive explanation of what was discussed to prove to auditors that the meal was necessary. (if it is $25 or less, a receipt isn’t required but the rest is) Food for a chapter meeting? Agenda, attendees, and itemized receipt please.
Please submit to your chapter for review and approval any expenses on a Form 14 Expense Reimbursement Request along with receipts for any amounts over $25 including maps for any one line-item of mileage over 100 miles. All Form 14s are due within 90 days or they will not be honored, chapters would be appreciative if volunteers submitted any form 14s for more than $25 within 30 days.
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Using the National Allocation |
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The National Allocation is SCORE’s Federal Award funds allocated directly to chapters, districts, and regions. Federal award funds are “restricted” to specific uses and have higher documentation requirements as specified in the Code of Federal Regulations and SCORE’s cooperative agreement with the SBA. If an expenditure meets those requirements, it is an “allowable” use of these restricted funds.
For more information, please see the Chapter Accounting Policies and Procedures (CAPP) available on the support center here. There is a quick reference chart of “allowable” expenses on page 41 and the in full version of this bulletin.
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November Knowledge-Exchange:
Coaches
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Coaches, the November knowledge-exchange event is for you! Come on Nov 22 from 12 -2pm ET to meet other Coaches throughout SCORE as well as share and learn new tactics and tools, and get your questions addressed. This 2-hour event mainly uses Zoom breakout rooms. Come ready to meet, share and learn!
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Fundraising Toolkit -
Get Your Questions Answered!
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On November 17 at 1:00pm ET, we will host our second Chapter Fundraising Toolkit learning event. This meeting is a chance to take a deeper dive into various sections of the toolkit. The objective is to get your specific questions addressed. Members of SCORE Accounting, Foundation and Field Ops teams will be on the meeting to help you with any needs you have.
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Learn Your Local Resources:
Helping New Members Know Who's Who
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The November Lifelong Learning webinar will feature SCORE Delaware's Eric Roberson who will share how his chapter helps new members understand all the relevant partners and local resources. Often, new members come to SCORE ready to offer their services, but they are not aware of all the relevant resource partners whom they can leverage. Join us on November 18 at 12:00pm ET for this webinar to hear our SCORE Delaware ensures their new members are in the know!
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Is your small business or one of your clients struggling with supply chain issues? With the holidays approaching, we are seeing interest in the media to hear how small business are managing this challenge. If you have a story to share, please email media@score.org. Our team will follow up to learn more and discuss any potential media outreach. Thank you!
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Upcoming Live Webinars for Small Business Owners |
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Google for Nonprofit Ad Grant |
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The Google for Nonprofits Ad Grant is a marketing tool available to all SCORE chapters. With the free $10,000/month in advertising credit that the Google Ad Grant provides, chapters can run campaigns within Google search results through text ads.
The Marketing Team hosted a three-part webinar series that reviews how to apply for a Google for Nonprofits account, how to create and optimize Google ad campaigns, and online marketing strategy to increase engagement. The recordings and presentation slides can be found on the following Support Center page: Google for Nonprofits Ad Grant.
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Wednesday, November 10 | 2:00 PM ET
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The Marketing Team will be joined by Jen Ruben, an email marketing vendor that SCORE HQ works with to distribute client-facing newsletters to present email marketing best practices. This is a webinar you won’t want to miss! |
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Wednesday, November 10 | 3:30 PM ET
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This month, we want to take the time to answer any and all of your website questions! If you have any website-related questions, please submit them through the Webmaster Webinar Q&A Form.
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Wednesday, November 17 | 2:00 PM ET
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Do you have social media questions? Do you need a better understanding of what SCORE HQ provides for your chapter's social media platforms (and what it doesn't)? Are you interested in learning about optional paid campaigns to boost your chapter's workshop attendance or recruit clients or volunteers? Do you have questions about your analytics? Please be sure that someone from your chapter is participating each month. Register below and find previous webinar recordings in the support center.
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Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. |
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