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Standards for Excellence® Institute Launches Enhance Code of Ethics and Accountability for the Nonprofit Sector

For Immediate ReleaseApril 30, 2014Contacts: Amy Coates Madsen, Program Director, and Greg Cantori, President & CEOPhone:      410-727-1726 ext .2314 Baltimore, MD ̶  The Standards for Excellence Institute, a nation-wide program that promotes self-regulation of ethical and accountable practices within the nonprofit sector, today is announcing comprehensive enhancements to its signature resource, Standards for Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector®. The[…]
By SuperUser Account | April 30, 2014 Read More>

How are Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultants Using their Credential?

As we begin to accept applications for this year’s Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultant Class of 2014, I am excited to hear more and more about how individuals who become Licensed Consultants are engaged in the program. This blog provides a bit of a “catalogue” of different ways that Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultants use their Standards for Excellence designation to work with clients across the country. Current Licensed Consultants use their Standards for Excellence[…]
By SuperUser Account | April 25, 2014 Read More>

2013 Class of Licensed Consultants Advance Standards for Excellence Mission

The Standards for Excellence Institute®, an initiative designed to help nonprofit organizations operate more ethically and accountably, announces its 2013 Class of Licensed Consultants. Recently completing the intensive, three-day training, class members are now licensed in every aspect of the Standards for Excellence program and are capable of assisting nonprofits nationwide.Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultants use their new, extensive knowledge of the multi-faceted initiative to help[…]
By SuperUser Account | December 31, 2013 Read More>

Serving as a Standards for Excellence Peer Reviewer, A Profile in Excellence

Volunteering as a Standards for Excellence peer reviewer is a truly special type of volunteer experience. Unlike more traditional volunteer roles, peer reviewers are trained individuals responsible for evaluating an organization's application for compliance with the Standards for Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector®. Using a peer review process ensures that individuals with diverse opinions and expertise in the nonprofit sector review application packages and[…]
By SuperUser Account | December 03, 2013 Read More>

Accountability, Transparency, and the Overhead Myth by Kate Nelson

As one of this summer’s Standards for Excellence interns, I’ve been learning quite a bit about nonprofit management and governance. I have been continually impressed by the Standards for Excellence and the more I get to know them, the more I find myself thinking, “Of course!”  You see, after interning for a couple other nonprofits, I have seen some of the trends and challenges within the sector, and I came to Maryland Nonprofits armed with a zillion questions. I’ve realized that the Standards[…]
By SuperUser Account | August 14, 2013 Read More>

Finding the “Hot Spots” on the Form 990 by Tish Mogan, Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations

“We love our Form 990!” Would any nonprofit organization ever make that statement? Loving it might be a lot to ask. We at least need to get to the point where we can say, “Our Form 990 represents our nonprofit very well and we are proud of its contents.” Why such a “to do” about Form 990s? Taking a step back to the “pre-GuideStar era (founded in 1994),” most folks didn’t even know what a Form 990 was. As GuideStar grew to be more of household name among nonprofit organizations, the treasure[…]
By SuperUser Account | July 30, 2013 Read More>

Finding the “Hot Spots” on the Form 990

By Tish Mogan, Standards for Excellence Officer, Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations “We love our Form 990!” Would any nonprofit organization ever make that statement? Loving it might be a lot to ask. We at least need to get to the point where we can say, “Our Form 990 represents our nonprofit very well and we are proud of its contents.” Why such a “to do” about Form 990s? Taking a step back to the “pre-GuideStar era (founded in 1994),” most folks didn’t even know what a Form 990[…]
By Susan Larsen | July 30, 2013 Read More>

Rolling Up Our Sleeves to Get the Hard Work Done!

I am so grateful to have the opportunity to work in the nonprofit sector.  I am even more thankful to have this chance to work with so many people from different fields and with diverse passions working as hard as they can to fight the toughest problems.  With the Standards for Excellence Institute, we work with all different types of organizations, addressing all different types of ills and problems in our communities and world.I spent most of this spring moving quickly from one training or[…]
By SuperUser Account | May 08, 2013 Read More>

Celebrating and Deliberating over Right versus Right Decisions

The ethics field lost a giant last week when Rushworth Kidder, President and Founder of the Institute for Global Ethics in Rockport, Maine passed way in Naples Florida.While I am sorry to say that I never personally met Rush, I was an avid reader of his publications and works and I often cited a quote from his writings.  My favorite Rushworth Kidder quote was:“…because nonprofits have an obligation to do the right things-often wrenching choices among competing priorities, and having to ask what[…]
By Susan Larsen | March 19, 2013 Read More>
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