Annual Audit and Close Out
Jan
24
11:00 AM11:00

Annual Audit and Close Out

Closing our end of year financials can feel like an overwhelming herculean effort for new nonprofit leaders—especially for multi-entity nonprofits. In this session we will discuss how to close the books on the prior fiscal year and how to complete an annual audit and tax forms. Join Josh Wolf and NLA for a robust discussion of practices to achieve a quick, accurate, and efficient financial close process that will save nonprofit leaders time, money—and hopefully—their sanity! Register here.

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Four Financial Reports
Nov
8
11:00 AM11:00

Four Financial Reports

It can be a struggle for Executive Directors and other senior leaders at startup and growing nonprofits to know what financial reports they need, what they mean, and how to use them. Josh Wolf will cover the four financial reports most useful to multi-entity nonprofits (c3s, c4s, and PACs) and how those reports can be used to confidently make decisions. Register here.

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Fund Development by Design: Planning and Mobilizing Resources for Multi-Entity Organizations
Oct
25
2:00 PM14:00

Fund Development by Design: Planning and Mobilizing Resources for Multi-Entity Organizations

Election years pose unique challenges for Executive Directors seeking to resource their work across their multiple entities. This interactive workshop is designed to equip leaders with essential skills to mobilize the right mix of resources they need to move their work in election years. In this engaging session, you will gain insights on how to design a plan that supports the work of your 501(c)(3), (c)(4), and/or PAC and tips for strategically mobilizing resources in advance of a presidential year - when money often moves fast and late. You will leave the session inspired to engage mission-aligned donors and supporters to raise the right mix of funding for your multi-entity work. Register here.

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Performance Conversations & Critical Feedback
Oct
18
11:00 AM11:00

Performance Conversations & Critical Feedback

The end of the year is the time when organizations engage in year-end performance evaluations. Leadership and HR staff are leading critical processes and conversations related to people, feedback, accountability, and organizational culture. This webinar will discuss both positive feedback and accountability and critical feedback.  In this webinar, we will discuss preparing for and engaging in critical end of year conversations for your staff and the role of accountability and steps to ensure it. Join us to learn about how to incorporate your values into your end-of-year HR processes. Register here.

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Year End Salary Adjustments & Expectations
Oct
11
11:00 AM11:00

Year End Salary Adjustments & Expectations

With year-end approaching, organizations are preparing for salary adjustments to take effect in the new year. As our country experiences the highest inflation in 40 years, your organizations are most likely contending with rewarding appropriate and feasible levels of pay increases and recognizing that these increased investments are not sufficient to keep up with the pain your staff are experiencing in the economy.  In this webinar, we’ll discuss approaches to rewarding and managing compensation in this difficult economy and how to communicate with and manage expectations with your staff in people-centered, values-based ways. Register here.

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Finance: Multi-Entity Forecasting
Sep
27
11:00 AM11:00

Finance: Multi-Entity Forecasting

It can be a struggle for any executive or senior leader for small and medium sized nonprofits to develop a budget, create and update forecasts, and to develop processes that help to manage the finances of multiple entities sharing resources. In this session, Josh Wolf will cover planning for board approval of the annual budget, demonstrate financial forecasting in real-time, and share best-practices for implementing routine financial forecasting processes.

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Differences Between Corporate Structures (LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp)
Jul
27
10:30 AM10:30

Differences Between Corporate Structures (LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp)

Participants will explore an overview of common for-profit legal structures, examples of innovative nonprofits currently using for-profit corporate structures, and have an opportunity to discuss liability, taxes, revenue, and governance pros and cons.


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Who Should Attend: This webinar is tailored for nonprofit leaders, including EDs, Operations, Board Members, and Senior staff, seeking to leverage for-profit structures to achieve their mission and amplify their impact. 

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Data for Multi-Entity Organizations
Jul
12
11:00 AM11:00

Data for Multi-Entity Organizations

This webinar led by Rose Espinola and Steven Carmona Mora from Movement Tech Help Desk will guide attendees through key questions and answers about how to utilize and manage powerful data, and provide valuable insights and guidance on resource sharing agreements, data flows, and more.

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Who Should Attend: Whether you oversee operations or are involved in data management, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge and tools to effectively utilize and manage data across different legal entities. It is recommended for Executive Directors of multi-entity organizations, as well as staff leading operations, data, digital, communications, and organizing.

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Base Power Learning Series: Power of the Membership: How to Engage Your Members for Endorsements
Feb
9
12:00 PM12:00

Base Power Learning Series: Power of the Membership: How to Engage Your Members for Endorsements

3-5pm EST / 12-2pm PST

Learn how the most powerful advocacy organizations are engaging their communities to endorse candidates and platforms. With a focus on centering members in endorsement processes, this webinar will explore how member power keeps us accountable and how to plan for successful, meaningful engagement with your members. Trainer: Mo Manklang, Policy Director for the USFWC. Register here.

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Nov
9
1:00 PM13:00

How Arizona (c)(4)s Are Building Power Boldly and Safely: Lessons from the AZ Empower and Protect Pilot

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How did Arizona flip the state blue? In no small part due to the hard work of multi-entity power building organizations who build the operational capacity to use 501(c)(3), (c)(4)s, and PACs to maximize their impact. We often underestimate the importance of operational capacity - but c4 political work is not possible without it!

Join Arizona Wins, Instituto, and New Left Accelerator for a discussion about the Empower and Protect program and how Arizona 501(c)(4) leaders built infrastructure they needed to drive bold work in 2020. Dive into an engaging conversation about future 2022 challenges of doing bold work safely, and 2020 lessons learned with some of Arizona’s leading (c)(4)s.

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Sep
1
to Nov 11

The Base Power Learning Series

The Base Power Learning Series

A Six-Webinar Series Delving Deeply Into How to Build Base Power At Multi-Entity Organizations—501(c)(3)s and (c)(4)s.

The Base Power Learning Community* invites you to watch a learning webinar series many months in the making. Take a look below to watch videos and sign up for more information on two upcoming trainings.

Base-building work touches every department and aspect of an organization’s work. Multi-entity organizations (organizations that operate 501c3, c4, and other legal entities together to build power for their communities) face unique and complex challenges engaging and managing members across legal entities.

Because of this complexity, effective base-building strategy requires a holistic approach and support that integrates the advice and best practices from different perspectives of organizational development and field. Learn from members of our Base Power Learning Community, which has studied the latest and most effective strategies for base-building across multiple legal entities. 

Watch: Base-Building & Multi-Entity Membership Models


An important, introductory webinar where we built a foundation of understanding of the main questions of base-building in a multi legal entity context. We explored some of the models and considerations for membership organizations wishing to build power by building a wide base of supporters. Trainer: Jay Carmona. Watch the video of this training here.

Watch: 501(C)(3) and (C)(4) Membership Programs: Navigate the Law


An in-depth review of frameworks and boundaries of how to safely build membership programs, including how to build and work in a multi-entity structure. Led by Bolder Advocacy practitioners who are experts in the field of supporting organizations in following the rules for 501(c)3s and 501(c)4s. Trainer: Ronnie Pawelko. Watch the video of this training here.

Watch: Using Your 501(c)(4) to Engage Your Membership


A dive into the challenges and successes of multi-entity supporter engagement that truly builds your supporter base. If you want to make sure that your 501(c)(4) work supports your longer-term organizational goals to make change—this is the webinar for you. Trainer: Nijmie Dzurinko, Put People First PA/ New Left Accelerator. Watch the video of this training here.

Watch: Resourcing the Base: C3/C4 Fundraising and Dues 

Learn the best practices to make sure that your base has the resources it needs across legal entities. Trainer: Bethany Maki, Progressive Multiplier Fund. Watch the video of this training here.

Upcoming in 2022: Power of the Membership: How to Engage Your Members for Endorsements 

Learn how the most powerful and most engaged advocacy organizations are engaging their communities to endorse candidates and platforms. With a focus on centering members in endorsement processes, this webinar will explore how member power keeps us accountable and how to plan for successful, meaningful engagement with your members. This webinar has been postponed until 2022. Sign up for more information on this webinar.

Upcoming in 2022: Membership and Data: Do You Have Consent for That?

How can we utilize and manage powerful technology across legal entities? What are the best practices and possibilities to share critical data across legal entities? Tackle these crucial questions. This webinar has been postponed until 2022. Sign up for more information on this webinar.

*The Base Power Learning Community brings together progressive intermediaries and leaders to learn, document innovation, and create resources for multi-entity organizations building membership across their legal entities. Learning Community partners include Progressive Multiplier, The Center for Empowered Politics, New Left Accelerator, Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy program, The Movement Tech Help Desk, U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, Information Ecology, and various progressive power-building organizations and independent consultants.

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