What if you could hang out with experienced nonprofit professionals and ask them your burning questions about the day-to-day life of nonprofits? What if you could take their wisdom and bring it back to your organization, for free? That's what we do on Charity Therapy. Hosted by Jess Birken - owner and lawyer at Birken Law Office. Every episode is an in-depth look at how to run a nonprofit, from fundraising to IRS woes to people problems and more! Our goal is to empower nonprofits to achieve your mission by doing things right.
A Rinky-Dink Outfit | Why Recording In-Kind Donations Matters For Your Nonprofit
16 mins; April 01, 2026
Indiana vs Minnesota Throwdown | Can Business Interruption Insurance Help Nonprofits Who Closed During ICE Raids? With Cody Wiswasser
21 mins; March 19, 2026
Reporter on the Street | Can You Use Retirement Funds to "Invest" In A Nonprofit? With Jeff Beck
23 mins; March 05, 2026
Is Your Ringer On? | How Nonprofits Can Find and Hire a Good Lawyer
23 mins; February 19, 2026
Old Woman Shakes Fist at Sky | How Classy May Be Hurting Your Donor Relationships
20 mins; February 05, 2026
Captain Depressio Reporting for Duty | Can Nonprofits Give Tax-Free Money to People?
16 mins; January 22, 2026
Baby Don't Hurt Me | What To Do When a Donor Gift Harms More Than Helps
16 mins; January 08, 2026
154: It's Gravy, Baby! | What is a Nonprofit Audit? with Hannah Hugen
18 mins; December 24, 2025
It's a Triple Whammy | How to Fix the Culture of Overwork at Your Nonprofit with Rachel Platt
24 mins; December 11, 2025
That's Called Tax Fraud! | When an Entrepreneur has a "Really Good" Nonprofit Idea
20 mins; November 27, 2025
Give Mark Your Crap! | When a PEO is a Good Fit for Your HR Needs with Mark Bromberg
25 mins; November 13, 2025
All Press is Good Press? | GoFundMe Creates 1.4M Nonprofit Donation Pages Without Consent with Ephraim Gopin
27 mins; October 30, 2025
Um, Actually... | How Many Times Should a Nonprofit Board of Directors Meet?
18 mins; October 16, 2025
Type A Personalities Unite! | When Nonprofits Should (Or Shouldn't!) Use PEOs for Their HR with Jess Holst
20 mins; October 02, 2025
147: Keep Doing You, Boo | Are Nonprofit DEI Initiatives Illegal? With Guest Megan Fuciarelli
22 mins; September 18, 2025
Groaning & Moaning | Why Record Retention & Data Management Systems Matter for Nonprofits
18 mins; September 04, 2025
Astronauts vs. Scuba Divers | Can You Convert a Failing Business Into a Nonprofit?
17 mins; August 21, 2025
Pretending It's 1995 | Breaking Down the IRS Changes for 501(c)(3) Status for Churches
15 mins; August 07, 2025
Anonymized Juicy Gossip | What Happens If You Don't Do the Nonprofit Filings?
22 mins; July 24, 2025
Someone Get Me a Flux Capacitor! | What Happens When Your Nonprofit IRS Status is Revoked
18 mins; July 10, 2025
141: Justice for the 8 Cents! | How to Communicate Nonprofit "Overhead" Expenses
21 mins; June 26, 2025
140: Serenity Now | Can the President Seize a Nonprofit's Assets?
17 mins; June 12, 2025
139: Counting On Our Fingers | Understanding The Long Wait Times for IRS Tax Exemption Applications
15 mins; May 29, 2025
138: Trump Vs. Harvard | Can the President Revoke a Nonprofit's Tax-Exempt Status?
22 mins; May 15, 2025
137: This Is Not Mad Men | Advice for Executive Directors Managing Their Board with David Rhode
27 mins; May 01, 2025
136: Please Sir, Can I Have Some More? | How to Thrive in Nonprofit Fundraising in 2025
16 mins; April 17, 2025
135: One Big Nugget | What Nonprofits Need to Know About DEI & Trump's Executive Order
16 mins; April 03, 2025
134: Witchcraft Ceremonies & Monster Truck Shows | Dissolving a Nonprofit with an SBA Disaster Loan
15 mins; March 20, 2025
133: We're All Pre-Fired | Hiring an Interim Executive Director with Roger Meyer
23 mins; March 06, 2025
132: Bigger and Better | Can the Trump Administration Target Nonprofits?
16 mins; February 20, 2025
131: Everything Turned Out Fine? | Major Funding Changes with the Trump Administration
19 mins; February 06, 2025
130: Pleasantries & Pontificating | Great Nonprofit Board Meetings with Maria Huntley
18 mins; January 23, 2025
129: Varying Degrees of F'd Up | Giving Up Your IRS Nonprofit Status
13 mins; January 09, 2025
128: Don't Let Rich People Boss You Around | Do Grants Make the Nonprofit Worth It?
19 mins; December 26, 2024
127: Waiting for the Cat | Nonprofit Audits & Financial Transparency with Peter Farstad
20 mins; December 12, 2024
126: Unicorns and Rainbows and Care Bears | Giving Tuesday with Ephraim Gopin