{"id":9163,"date":"2010-09-15T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/?p=9163"},"modified":"2021-02-19T21:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T21:51:00","slug":"operating-reserve-policy-toolkit-for-nonprofit-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/operating-reserve-policy-toolkit-for-nonprofit-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Operating Reserve Policy Toolkit for Nonprofit Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-coral-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/for-league-members-operating-reserve-policy-toolkit-for-nonprofit-organizations\/\">(Member-Only Content) Download the Toolkit<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This valuable resource will help you make a compelling case within your organization for the need to establish an operating reserve.<br><br>This toolkit was created to provide a resource to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>help to make a compelling case within the organization for the need to establish an operating reserve<\/li><li>provide factors to take into consideration in determining the size of the operating reserve for their organizations<\/li><li>suggest practices for managing the reserve and reporting its balance<\/li><li>offer some tools with which to go about drafting a policy to record decisions<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Free to League members; available on-demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Operating Reserve Policy Toolkit is sponsored by the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nccs.urban.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Center for Charitable Statistics<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban.org\/policy-centers\/center-nonprofits-and-philanthropy\" target=\"_blank\" 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