Category: Risk Management
From the Claims Files: Fire Damage
Fire can happen to anyone, is your nonprofit prepared? Learn from others and minimize risk to protect your mission.
From the Claims Files: Embezzlement
Lax financial oversight rarely goes unnoticed, creating enticing opportunities for embezzlement. Are your nonprofit's funds a tempting target?
From the Claims Files: Personal Use of Nonprofit Vehicles
Allowing someone to use your nonprofit’s vehicle as their personal car means you could be assuming potential risk — whether they go straight home or straight to the bar. Is that a risk worth taking?
From the Claims Files: Accommodation
When it comes to employment, disability, and accommodations, the law considers nonprofits to be the same as any other employer. Are your nonprofit's practices in compliance?
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?
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.
Risk Management Resources for Smaller Nonprofits
Here are some of the free and discounted risk management resources from NIA that are particularly helpful for smaller nonprofits.
From the Claims Files: Slip-and-Fall Incidents
What are you going to do when someone slips and falls at your nonprofit, then sues you?
2024 Nonprofit Accounting and Auditing Update: A Johnson Lambert Webinar
Experts from Johnson Lambert Audit & Advisory Services are offering a free webinar to provide an overview of all the changes to financial reporting coming in 2024.
Why Do Nonprofit Leaders Fail? It’s Usually FINE.
Nonprofits that want to do fine, should avoid doing “FINE”: Fraud, Inexperience, Negligence or Ego should never be a part of what you do.
High Umbrella Limits Are A Big Liability
High limits of umbrella put a rich target on nonprofits and invite plaintiff attorneys to go hunting for disgruntled clients.
Workplace Violence on the Rise: What You Can Do to Protect Your Nonprofit
As workplace shootings rise, nonprofits should implement policies that keep workplaces safe from threats and violent behavior.