Category Archives: Risk Management

What Can Your Board of Directors Do to Reduce Financial Risk?

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Hillary Beehler

If you’re a board member at a nonprofit, you have a fiduciary duty to the organization to make sure that the organization is run with care for the mission, programs, and finances (see our previous post on fiduciary duty). Perhaps … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Soccer Goal Safety

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Hillary Beehler

Just a few weeks ago, a nine-year-old boy in North Carolina was killed when an unsecured goal fell on his head as he played soccer with his cousins after church. The field was at a mobile home park and no youth soccer organizations were involved, but this tragedy serves as a reminder for all coaches, volunteers, and youth soccer organizations to remind your members of proper placement and securing of portable and stationary soccer goals. Continue reading →

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