{"id":363,"date":"2024-01-21T21:52:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T02:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mh3.ca\/?p=363"},"modified":"2024-01-21T21:52:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T02:52:55","slug":"the-risks-of-volunteers-owning-non-profit-organization-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mh3.ca\/the-risks-of-volunteers-owning-non-profit-organization-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"The Risks of Volunteers Owning Non-Profit Organization Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) often depend on volunteers to support their mission and operations. Volunteers can bring valuable skills, time, and enthusiasm to the NPO, and help reduce costs and increase impact. However, volunteers can also pose some risks to the NPO, especially when they own or control the NPO\u2019s assets. In this blog post, we will discuss what are the risks of volunteers owning NPO assets, and how NPOs can prevent or mitigate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NPO assets are the resources that the NPO uses to carry out its activities and achieve its goals. They can include tangible assets, such as property, equipment, or inventory, and intangible assets, such as domain names, software, or data. NPO assets can be owned or leased by the NPO, or by third parties, such as volunteers, donors, or service providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volunteers owning NPO assets can create some risks for the NPO, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NPOs can prevent or mitigate the risks of volunteers owning NPO assets by taking some measures, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volunteers owning NPO assets can create some risks for the NPO, such as loss of access, liability, and conflict of interest. NPOs can prevent or mitigate these risks by establishing policies and procedures, conducting due diligence and screening, obtaining written agreements and consents, and monitoring and auditing the use of the assets. By doing so, NPOs can protect their assets, and leverage their volunteers, to achieve their mission and vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Non-profit organizations (NPOs) often depend on volunteers to support their mission and operations. Volunteers can bring valuable skills, time, and enthusiasm to the NPO, and help reduce costs and increase impact. However, volunteers can also pose some risks to the NPO, especially when they own or control the NPO\u2019s assets. In this blog post, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n