Living Up to Your Nonprofit’s Mission – Ethical Decision-Making

Ethical decision-making is at the core of every nonprofit’s mission. Ultimately, the success of a nonprofit is judged by how it accomplishes its goals and the transparency involved. Honestly, it’s the bedrock of their credibility and long-term success. If nonprofits exist to fulfill a societal need, doesn’t it stand to reason their stakeholders, donors, volunteers, and beneficiaries deserve to hold them to a strict ethical standard? Well, a commitment to ethical decision-making ensures transparency, accountability, and integrity in all aspects of the organization’s operations.

Why Is Ethical Decision-Making so Important?

By consistently making ethical choices, nonprofits build and maintain the trust of their supporters, which is crucial for sustaining financial contributions and cultivating long-term partnerships. Moreover, ethical behavior helps nonprofits avoid legal and reputational pitfalls, safeguarding their standing in the community. Ultimately, unwavering dedication to ethical principles upholds the moral compass of a nonprofit. In addition, it also enhances its effectiveness in achieving its mission and making a positive impact on society. And after all, isn’t that what running a nonprofit is all about?

GrantWatch puts a great deal of resources into identifying over 5,000 grants specifically for nonprofits. We recognize the need to maintain ethical decision-making in every facet of running a nonprofit to increase your chances of continued success.

Having a code of ethics or statement of values helps attract talented employees, recruit board members, retain donors, and of course ensure that all transactions are aligned with the values of the organization.

Many organizations post their statement of values/code on their websites to be fully transparent and to demonstrate their organization’s commitment to accountability.

Nonprofits often engage with clients and consumers in ways that touch on confidential matters so adopting a confidentiality policy demonstrates the nonprofit’s commitment to protect the confidentiality and maintain the trust of those it serves.

Council of Nonprofits, “Codes of Ethics/Values Statements for Nonprofits“

GrantWatch invites our subscribers to visit the website to view the extensive database to find the grants they need. In addition, here are a few grants and funding opportunities that pertain to providing for our aging and seniors.

Grants and Financial Assistance For Seniors

1. First, there are grants of up to $20,000 to nonprofit organizations to benefit the community. Funding improves the lives of low-income and vulnerable individuals and populations, including seniors, children and youth, and individuals with disabilities.
2. Opportunity for seniors and residents with disabilities to maintain affordable housing. The program is intended to provide a tax credit to allow tenants to avoid rental increases.
3. In addition, first responders may get a grants to mitigate expenses. Funding assists with housing payments, work-related medical or mental health expenses, and childcare or eldercare expenses. Finally, it’s to offset financial hardships incurred as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
4. Grants of up to $50,000 to nonprofits to improve the quality of life in communities the funding source serves. In fact, funding addresses health, seniors, higher education, housing, homelessness, and the environment.
5. Financial assistance for older adults to subsidize rental costs. It’s intended to provide monthly subsidies to former or current employees of the local public school system.
6. Lastly, in-kind grants of home upgrades to individuals. The program implements urgent renovations so that local veterans and seniors can avoid displacement.

Additional Grants, In-Kind Donations, and Financial Assistance

1. Next, grants of up to $250 to community organizations, faith-based facilities, hospitals, senior centers, prisons, and arts and culture facilities. It’s to host professional writers at events in low-income communities.
2. Also, financial assistance of up to $500 to seniors for healthcare expenses. Funding is to assist low-income elderly residents.
3. In addition, grants and in-kind support to scholars and clinicians working in IHEs, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and medical centers. Finds are for research and development activities related to cognitive disease. 
4. Finally, in-kind donations of dental hygiene supplies for nonprofit organizations to benefit underserved seniors, adults, and children. The goal is to encourage, maintain, and improve home oral health care and prevent gum disease and tooth decay.

We hope these grants will help give you a solid foundation so your nonprofit can provide ethical leadership while your community. At the same time, we hope you will be able to incorporate these ethical values into your own efforts to achieve your mission and program objectives!

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