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Abila, Austin, Texas, yesterday announced the 20th anniversary of its Certified Consultant Program. Abila Business Partners have completed more than 6,300 hours of classroom certification training to become experts in Abila's portfolio of products, including Abila MIP Fund Accounting.

Since I do not have a large engagement staff and only limited time, I must pick and choose which prospect and donor visits to engage. When I have a 1:1 donor visit, I also must be very strategic with the donor's time based upon the scenario of engagement I employ.

Announcing the winners of the 2015 Nonprofit Professionals of the Year Awards. Category: Board Member of the Year.

In the U.S., employment regulation and litigation have a significant impact on the way companies, including not-for-profit companies (NFPs) operate. Federal, state, and local laws govern just about every phase of employment, and NFPs must comply with these laws in the same way as for-profit companies.

The famous bronze U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial overlooking Washington that depicts Marines raising the American flag at Iwo Jima during World War II has begun turning green with age, but now will be restored with a $5.37 million gift.

Philanthropist David Rubenstein announced Wednesday that he will give the National Park Foundation the funds needed to wash, wax and restore the memorial and its plaza and landscaping. Improvements are also planned for the memorial's signage and access for handicapped visitors. The project will also restore the memorial's engravings to be much brighter.

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Nonprofit organizations are everywhere in the community, but now Pennsylvania lawmakers are asking, "Who should get nonprofit status, and who should make that decision?"

Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says the answers to those questions could have a direct effect on tax dollars.

Currently, Pennsylvania courts decide who gets nonprofit status, which comes with tax exemptions. A proposed state constitutional amendment would take that power from the courts and give it to the General Assembly.

DePasquale says the danger of that move is the possibility of lowering the defining standards for nonprofits. This would open the door to more tax exemptions...

Announcing the winners of the 2015 Nonprofit Professionals of the Year Awards. Category: Technology Professional of the Year.

GoFundMe's old policy on crowdfunding may not have been enough to justify its decision last weekend to kill campaigns on behalf of a Christian-owned florist and bakery—but its new policy is.

The website quietly expanded its list of banned crowdfunding activities this week shortly after The Washington Times questioned GoFundMe's reliance on its policy against campaigns in defense of "formal charges of heinous crimes" to pull fundraisers for Arlene's Flowers and for Sweet Cakes by Melissa.

The new policy, which includes a ban on campaigns in defense of "claims of discriminatory acts," would appear to make it more difficult to...

Announcing the winners of the 2015 Nonprofit Professionals of the Year awards. Category: Lifetime Achievement.