Just because you have received an exemption from federal taxes as a nonprofit doesn’t mean the tax man don’t cometh.  Nonprofit organizations do not have to pay taxes on income they generate, but there is a big BUT here…some of the ways you may be using to bring in money does require a tax payment to your state. It goes by the simple name of UBIT, but the sounds are right on: this can bite you.

The truth of the matter is that the single biggest danger to your security is not some strange guy hunched over the electronic glow of a screen surrounded by fast food trash in the Ukraine, it is someone in your office. Over 65% of IT security problems are the result of human mistakes and problems within the system. * 

Probably no legendary sea monster was as horrifying as the Kraken. According to stories this huge, many armed, creature could reach as high as the top of a sailing ship’s main mast. A kraken would attack a ship by wrapping their arms around the hull and capsizing it. The crew would drown or be eaten by the monster.  

Sometimes, InformationTechnology and all its arms, like those of the Kraken, can scare or defeat even the bravest among us.

At first the bad guys would go after what they thought would be a more vulnerable population: people that didn’t speak the language well, older people who may be more easily tricked or businesses that are new to the US and/or the IRS. But the bad guys have cast their net wider, and now everyone is a potential target.  

But how can you tell? Running any nonprofit organization is tough and has many special considerations from fundraising to advocacy to the expectations of your board, membership and programs. The solution is paying attention to the details, being aware of how those around you perceive how well you are driving the management car.