Inside This Issue
01. 10 Essential Steps to Protect Your Nonprofit's Intellectual Property
02. Navigating Check Fraud: Detection, Prevention, and Recovery Strategies
03. Upcoming Webcast
04. Legal Bootcamp Applications Open
05. Recently Added
Your nonprofit's intellectual property takes your mission further. If those assets are not adequately protected, your organization is at risk. The ten steps outlined in this article provide a clear starting point to ensure your organization's programs, materials, and brand are protected.
Check fraud is one of the fastest-growing financial crimes affecting organizations today, and nonprofits are not immune. In this episode of the PBPA Podcast, we're talking with attorney Kurt Lentz of BakerHostetler about check fraud, how it happens, and what to do if your organization becomes a target.
Board Conflict at Your Nonprofit: How to Manage It Before It Manages You
Conflict in the boardroom is inevitable—but unmanaged conflict can fracture relationships, weaken governance, and distract from the mission. This session offers practical guidance, grounded in board fiduciary duties, on managing disputes effectively. The session explores distinguishing productive disagreement from harmful conflict, clarifying roles between the board and Executive Director, the board chair's role in guiding difficult conversations, and when formal action—including removal—may be necessary.
Speaker: Bentina Chisolm Terry, President & CEO | Southern Linc & Southern Telecom, Inc.
Date & Time: August 18 at 11am
Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta's Legal Bootcamp for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders application is now OPEN!
This program is open to nonprofit executive directors who:
- Serve low-income or disadvantaged communities in Metro Atlanta;
- Are committed to building a career in the nonprofit sector; and
- Are new to their executive director role and/or currently lead an emerging organization.
Participants are selected through a competitive application process. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until spaces have been filled, with a deadline of August 31, 2026. This program is only offered once a year and space is limited.
To learn more or apply, click the button below!
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As a client of Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, you know we provide free legal assistance to community-based nonprofits that serve low-income or disadvantaged individuals. We match eligible organizations with volunteer attorneys from the leading corporations and law firms in Atlanta who can assist nonprofits with business law matters. We want to know what’s going on with you. Let us know if you are facing a legal problem or if you have a new project for us. Please don’t contact the volunteer from your last project – please contact your PBPA attorney. We love our volunteers, but all legal requests need to go through PBPA.
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