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Blue Avocado Recap: August 2024

Learn how five years of hard work paid off for one nonprofit. Find out the biggest pitfalls that new nonprofits encounter. Discover how your nonprofit can better appeal to potential donors. Explore how private foundations can get (and keep) tax-exempt status.

Straight Talk: The Strange Tale of AB 2496, and the Uncertain Future of California’s Foster Care System

Some in power are willing to let the California foster family system collapse rather than offend the plaintiff attorneys who contribute millions of dollars to keep the system broken.

NIAC Announces Nonrenewal of All Coverages for California Foster Family Agencies

It has become clear that AB 2496, The Foster Family Agency Protection Act, is unlikely to pass in a form that allows FFAs to be insurable.

From the Claims Files: Copyright Infringement

Improper use of copyrighted materials is an unforced error that no organization can afford to make. Is your nonprofit prepared?

2024 State of the Market for Nonprofit Insurance

In July 2024, we polled over 200 brokers across the U.S., many of whom specialize in insuring nonprofits.

Blue Avocado Recap: July 2024

Learn how collaboration can lift up multiple nonprofits. Find out which tools and strategies nonprofits wish they'd used sooner. Discover how to measure if your team is upholding your mission and values. Explore how to present to donors how your mission benefits them, too.

Setting the Record Straight on Child Services Renewals (ANI)

Another insurance company has been calling brokers to spread a false narrative.

NIA Appoints Carlos Ballesteros as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer

NIA appoints Carlos Ballesteros as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer

From the Claims Files: Accidental Death

If someone dies while in your nonprofit’s care — and it’s not due to natural causes — the consequences can be devastating, public, and permanent.

Managing a Remote Workforce

Remote employees offer nonprofits a number of advantages. Management of remote staff involves building trust and establishing effective remote work policies.

Blue Avocado Recap: June 2024

Learn how long-held misconceptions about food insecurity impede paths to food security. Avoid the common pitfalls of nonprofit rebrands. Find out how good board governance is key to a healthy nonprofit. Four ways your nonprofit's CFO can help properly administer grants.

Solutions: Reining In Rising Property Insurance Rates

There are many proposed ways to mitigate the property insurance cost crisis. They all require federal or state government to act.