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Impact Nonprofit

Register Your Nonprofit Organization with Impact GiveBack

Impact Nonprofits carry a special status among their peers on the GiveBack website, being recognized as a nonprofit with commendable business practices, and achieving more visibility with donors as an organization with a sound level of operation, and accountability for results.

An Impact Nonprofit can be identified by the Impact Nonprofit Seal, which you can see on the right of your screen. When you search for nonprofit organizations, you will see this seal on the search results page for each Impact Nonprofit organization.

The five accountabilities in operation required to be an Impact Nonprofit are:

1.	STRATEGIC PLAN:

The nonprofit organization has a strategic and/or
operating plan(s)

2.	BOARD LEADERSHIP:

The strategic and/or operating plan(s) include measures and achievements that are
reviewed by the Board of Directors at least annually

3.	EVALUATING THE EXECUTIVE:

The Executive Director’s performance is reviewed annually

>> Download Evaluation of the CEO PDF

4.	BOARD BUDGETING:

The organizational budget is approved by the Board of Directors annually

5.	FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY:

An independent financial audit is performed yearly and is available for public inspection, or an independent financial audit is not performed yearly, but financials are reviewed by the board regularly

Impact Nonprofits must self-certify that the five accountabilities listed above are in place at their organization and that their board is aware of the certification.

Nonprofit organizations that do not have Impact Nonprofit status can strengthen the accountabilities listed above by participating in the Impact Institute. Institute participants have the following low-cost or free training and technical assistance available to them:

- Organizational Assessment and Strategic Planning

- Fundraising Systems Development and Implementation

- Board Governance and Development

- Volunteer Management

In addition, nonprofit organizations can search the Operational Effectiveness section of the GiveBack website for additional resources to build their capacity in the five areas of accountability listed above.

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As an Impact Nonprofit and Institute participant, you will demonstrate to potential donors that you are proactively taking advantage of resources at your command to achieve superior performance.

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Impact Nonprofit

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STRATEGIC PLAN:

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BOARD LEADERSHIP:

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EVALUATING THE EXECUTIVE:

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BOARD BUDGETING:

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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: