Guidelines & Principles
Best Practices Partnership

• Commitment to Guidelines & Principles
  
• Recognizes effort on the path to nonprofit excellence
• Declaration by your organization of legal compliance
• Self-monitored

• Promotes continual dialogue among board and staff
• Sets your organization apart from others
• Logo on your website or print materials
• Your organization listed on our website
• Recognition at our annual Nonprofit Summit and Annual Membership Meeting

WHAT IT IS NOT

• Organizational Audit
• Monitoring/Policing
• Substitute for Legal Counsel
  

STEP 1:  NAM Membership

STEP 2:  Complete the online assessment and discuss the resulting reports with your entire board and key staff. If you are a NAM Member and have filled out the assessments previously, contact training@nonprofitam.org to recover prior responses.

STEP 3: Review your report and verify all items related to legal compliance have been rectified. All items marked [LEGAL] in the assessment should be marked as 'Yes" or 'N/A'. 

STEP 4:  Submit this Board/ED Resolution to rosey@nonprofitam.org declaring your legal compliance and commitment to the Guidelines and Principles

CURRENT BEST PRACTICES PARTNERS

(Click the logos below to learn more about each organization) 

	100 Black Men of Omaha, Inc.
	ACLU Nebraska
	AIM Institute
	American Red Cross of Omaha Council Bluffs Metro
	Arts in Motion
	Asian Community & Cultural Center
	Assistance League of Omaha
	Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
	The Big Garden
	Big Muddy Urban Farm
	The Business Ethics Alliance
	CASA for Douglas County
	Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha
	Center for People in Need
	Children's Square U.S.A.
	Child Saving Institute
	City Sprouts
	College Possible Omaha
	Communidad Maya Pixan Ixim
	Community Alliance, Inc
	Completely KIDS
	Council Bluffs Schools Foundation
	Credit Advisors Foundation
	D2 Center
	Education Rights Counsel
	Family Housing Advisory Services
	Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
	Financial Hope Collaborative at Creighton
	Food Bank for the Heartland
	Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska
	Girls Inc. of Omaha
	Goodwill Industries
	Habitat for Humanity of Omaha
	Health Center Association of Nebraska
	Heart Ministry Center
	Heartland Bike Share
	Heartland Family Service
	Heartland Hope Mission
	Immigrant Legal Center
	Inclusive Communities
	inCOMMON Community Development
	Intercultural Senior Center
	Jewish Federation of Omaha
	Kearney Area Children's Museum
	Keep Omaha Beautiful
	Kids Can Community Center
	Legal Aid of Nebraska
	Lincoln Children's Museum
	Lutheran Family Services
	LUX Center for the Arts
	Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless
	Metropolitan Community College Foundation
	MICAH House
	Midlands Mentoring Partnership
	Nebraska AIDS Project
	Nebraska Appleseed
	Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors
	Nebraska Children & Families Foundation
	Nebraska Children's Home Society
	Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures
	Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative
	Nebraska Enterprise Fund
	Nebraska Humane Society
	Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association
	Nebraska Recycling Council
	Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition
	National Safety Council
	Nebraska Writers Collective
	No More Empty Pots
	Nonprofit Association of the Midlands
	Northeast Community College Foundation
	Notre Dame Housing
	Omaha Home for Boys
	Omaha Summer Arts Festival
	Omaha Zoo Foundation
	OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc.
	OutNebraska
	Partnership for Kids
	Police Athletics for Community Engagement (P.A.C.E)
	PromiseShip
	Radio Talking Book Service
	RESPECT
	The Rose Theater
	SAC Foundation
	The Salvation Army
	SAVE Program
	Set Me Free Project
	Siena Francis House
	Snow-Redfern Foundation
	Society of St. Vincent de Paul Omaha
	Spark CDI
	Special Olympics Nebraska
	Stephen Center
	Susan G. Komen Great Plains
	TeamMates Mentoring
	Together
	The Union for Contemporary Art
	United Way of the Midlands
	Urban League of Nebraska
	Visiting Nurse Association
	Voices for Children in Nebraska
	Wellbeing Initiative, Inc.
	Whispering Roots
	WhyArts
	Women's Center for Advancement
	Youth Care & Beyond, Inc
	Youth Emergency Services
	YMCA of Greater Omaha