As each year draws to a close, I encourage organizations to look back over the past months and make a list of their accomplishments. Most nonprofits are so focused on projects lying ahead that they forget to reflect on their successes. Yet, acknowledging triumphs can energize the team to surge ahead in the new year with renewed vigor.

As of January 1, 2015, non-voting ex officio board members are prohibited in California nonprofits. This article will tell you what you need to know.

Jose Cofino says he feels lucky that being diagnosed with a disease for which there is no cure allowed him to know what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. "Out of adversity, comes opportunity," said Cofino.

Read this summary of the Center for Nonprofit Management's Compensation and Benefits Survey 2014.

The nonprofit sector hires more people, holds more assets, and contributes more to our economy that most people realize.

Everyone who lives in Santa Barbara benefits from our incredible University and can consider themselves a Gaucho. Many help support their University. And the University realizes it has a responsibility to show people the positive change we make in their lives.

Have you heard about California's new sick leave law? Here's what nonprofits need to know.