Member Benefits Partner with CAN Business Members It takes so many skilled professionals to help run a successful nonprofit -- accountants, lawyers, fundraisers, IT professionals, management consultants and marketers – to just name a few. What you may not realize is that many people and companies with these valuable skill sets are already CAN members and their interest is in being of service to you.  CAN membership includes more than three hundred associate members -- individuals and for-profits who join to assist nonprofit groups. The CAN Classifieds -- our free online business directory -- found at www.canonprofits.org/resources/classifieds can lead you to the right professional expertise in finance, human resources, grantmaking, law, technology, management and education as well as more basic needs like office supplies and copying.  So for our associate members, be sure that your name and service is listed (it's free!), so CAN members can find you. For our nonprofit members, CAN membership demonstrates their dedication to serving nonprofit clients.  Don't hesitate to make the Classifieds part of your selection process any time you need outside help. Discounted Los Angeles Dodgers Tickets!   The Los Angeles Dodgers are launching their 1st Annual Volunteer Appreciation Day with 50% off discounted tickets to all non-profit organizations, employees, staff and volunteer workers. The game is on September 19th vs. the San Francisco Giants on Friday night at 7:40 pm. Individuals interested in purchasing up to 30 tickets should visit www.dodgers.com/volunteer. To purchase tickets for groups of thirty or more, contact Justin Blackman at 323.224.1304 or insidesales@ladodgers.com.

Awards Social Venture Network Innovation awards The Social Venture Network (SVN) Innovation Awards program supports the "next generation" of socially responsible business and nonprofit leaders by providing them access to the people and resources to help develop their ideas into successful enterprises. Now through July 15, 2008 companies can learn more and submit applications online at http://www.svn.org/awards. Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation The award is granted to a social sector organization that demonstrates Drucker's definition of innovation—change that creates a new dimension of performance. The winner will receive the $35,000 first prize, with $7,500 for second place and $5,000 for third place. Applications are due July 15th. To download an application, visit http://www.druckerinstitute.com/nonprofit.html. 2008 Awards of Excellence - Call for Nominations CAN Insurance Services is now accepting nominations for the 10th annual CAN Awards of Excellence. The deadline to apply is September 26th.   To obtain an application and more information, please visit www.caninsurance.com, or contact Monique Padia at monique@caninsurance.com or (888) 427-5222 ext 1016.   Each award recipient receives a plaque and financial award of $5,000 funded by CAN Insurance Services which will be presented at the Annual California Association of Nonprofits Conference in Los Angeles, California.

Events   Money Matters: 2008 Nonprofit Finance Conference The 7th Annual CAN Money Matters Nonprofit Finance Conference will be held: Sept. 10 - Oakland and Sept. 17 - Fresno. This is the up-to-date conference for Resources, Reporting & Responsibility. Click here for more information. Click here to register now.   Building Strong Nonprofits: 17th Annual CAN Conference October 22-23, 2008 - Los Angeles Click here for highlights from the 2007 CAN Annual Conference. Keynote speaker for the Thursday luncheon on Social & Economic Justice - What The Election Means to the Nonprofit Community will be Torie Osborn who served in the cabinet of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa for two years, and continues as a senior advisor to the Mayor. Previously the executive director of the Liberty Hill Foundation, one of the nation’s most admired social-change foundations, Ms. Osborn has been a social activist for 40 years, beginning with the anti-poverty, civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s, as well as the women’s movement of the 1970s and later as a champion for gay and lesbian rights.   Register today for our 17th Annual CAN Conference. Remember, CAN members receive a discount on registration. Not a member yet? Click here.           Not on My Watch: Real Risk Management Training for Los Angeles Nonprofits Please join the Center for Nonprofit Management and CAN Insurance Services on Thursday,  September 4 as we start our new Risk Management Lunch & Learn series with: Employee Handbooks: 13 Things Every Nonprofit Must KnowPresented by Ellen Aldridge, Labor and Employment Risk Manager, Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) Time and Location:  Thursday,  September 4th 12:00-1:30 p.m. The California Endowment 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA  90012 Cost:  $15 for CAN Members/ $20 for Non-Members Don't wait, enroll TODAY! To register contact Monique Padia, monique@caninsurance.com or call (831) 824-5016. For more  information visit: www.caninsurance.com. Not a member yet? Click here. White House Office on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Conference CaliforniaVolunteers, the state office that manages programs and initiatives to increase the number of Californians involved with service and volunteering is partnering with the White House Office on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives to present a conference in Sacramento on Monday, August 18, 2008.  CAN Regional Partner Ann Lucas, Nonprofit Resource Center-Sacramento, and Ken Larson, CAN Director of Public Policy, are on the Steering Committee for this event.   Registration is now open for this free event, which is expected to draw as many as 1,000 participants. The conference which will focus on understanding how to access Federal and State resources, disaster preparedness and response, volunteer management, and prisoner re-entry and crime prevention Learn more by clicking here. Risk Management and Finance Summit for Nonprofits The Nonprofit Risk Management Center along with local host, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and Corporate Sponsors, ChoicePoint, Travelers and Riverport Insurance Company, will present a three-day Risk Management and Finance Summit for Nonprofits, September 7-9, 2008, in Minneapolis, MN. National and local experts will share the latest risk management news, recommendations and strategies relevant to your nonprofit’s operations and programs. Inland Empire Nonprofit Conference Hosted by The Resource Center for Nonprofit Management, the 11th Annual Inland Empire Conference will be held Tuesday, September 16, 2008 from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm at the Riverside Marriott.    For more information, call the Resource Center at 951-686-4402 x 162 or email: cpepper@vcrivco.org Los Angeles Nonprofits VOTE 2008 - Civic Engagement Forum Find out how your nonprofit can encourage nonpartisan voter participation, get up-to-date information on voting in California this year and learn how to build stronger communities through active civic engagement. Thursday, September 18, 2008 National Center for the Preservation of Democracy 111 N. Central Avenue, Los Angeles For more information and to RSVP visit www.nonprofitvote.org/losangelesforum.html.

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Resources and Announcements Is your organization looking to switch content management systems (CMS)? NTen has just released its first CMS Satisfaction Survey that includes survey results from hundreds of nonprofit professionals. NTen members get the $50 survey for free, but readers of the Nonprofit Times can get the survey for half-price with discount “NPTimes.”   California’s Secretary of State is looking to nonprofits get out the vote in the upcoming election. Resource information is available online by clicking here and nonprofits and other organizations are urged to add the MyVote Election Information button to their websites The Office of Management and Budget is consolidating and replacing four existing financial reporting forms (SF269, SF269A, SF272, and SF272A) with a single Federal Financial Report (FFR). The purpose of the FFR is to give recipients of grants and cooperative agreements a standard format for reporting the financial status of their grants and cooperative agreements (hereby referred to collectively as awards). Federal awarding agencies developed the FFR as part of their implementation of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106107). Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by going to OMBs main Web page at http://www.OMB.gov and clicking on the Grants Management, then Forms then Proposed Government- Wide Standard Grants Reporting Forms links. Comments are recommended by September 12.