Obtaining Tax-Exempt Status: What Nonprofit Leaders Need to Understand Beyond the IRS Application
Tax-Exempt Status for Nonprofits: The People Side of Compliance For many nonprofit leaders, obtaining federal tax-exempt status feels like a box to check before the “real” work begins. In reality, recognition is the start of an ongoing compliance journey that shapes how you hire, pay, manage, and protect your people. IRS forms are well documented. […]
Nonprofit Impact Review: HR Wins and Lessons from Maryland Organizations (2026 and Forward)
Introduction: What Maryland Nonprofits Are Learning in 2026 Maryland nonprofits are navigating a more complex HR and payroll landscape than ever before. Between FAMLI implementation, evolving wage and hour enforcement, multi-state remote staff, and increased audit scrutiny tied to grant funding, workforce administration has become a strategic function and not a back-office task. The lessons […]
Nonprofit Mid-Year Check: Labor Tracking and ACA Readiness
Nonprofit leaders carry enormous responsibility, balancing funding cycles, state regulations, complex staffing models, and a mission that depends on getting payroll and compliance right. Mid-year is one of the most strategic checkpoints to review your workforce data, strengthen compliance processes, and avoid costly year-end surprises. Two areas that become especially critical in Q2 and Q3 […]
Lessons from Nonprofit HR Leaders on Engaging Volunteers
Nonprofits are mission-driven organizations but missions are executed by people. While board governance, fundraising strategy, and program delivery often dominate leadership discussions, seasoned nonprofit HR leaders understand a quieter truth: volunteer engagement is not a community relations function. It is a workforce strategy. Volunteer programs that lack structure eventually strain operations. Those built with intentional […]
A Sector Under Pressure: How Nonprofits Can Adapt to Federal Funding Changes
Nonprofits are navigating a choppy 2025: delayed grants, funding pauses, and policy turbulence have created real uncertainty, especially for organizations that rely on federal and pass-through state dollars. Recent analyses show roughly a third of nonprofits experienced a disruption in government funding in early 2025, and those affected were more likely to reduce staff or […]