Risk Management
Welcome! You're in the Risk Management Staff Room, where nonprofit risk managers gather to share information and resources, to network and to build skills and knowledge in their field.
The California Association of Nonprofits is proud to be a satellite office of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, providing CAN members with free and discounted resources related to nonprofit risk management. Check out more of these resources here.
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What insurance should I purchase for my nonprofit? Of course it depends on the kind of work you do and what risks your organization is exposed to in the course of that work. The Nonprofit Risk Management Center has an excellent introduction that will help you think about coverages here.
I've heard people say that risk management is more than just insurance. What am I missing? They're right! Maintaining proper insurance coverage is one thing you can do to manage risk. But risk management is the practice of preparing for potential risks in lots of areas -- not just those covered by insurance -- using lots of strategies and tools. For example, liability insurance might cover part of a financial mismanagement event at your organization. But no amount of insurance can recover a bad reputation -- and there is a lot you can do to prepare for the possibility of damage to your reputation so you can mitigate the damage if it does occur. For more information on the basics of risk management, click here.
What's the difference between risk management and crisis management? The term "crisis management" usually refers to how you deal with sudden events that seriously and immediately impact your organization's ability to deliver services -- such as a natural (or not) disaster, the death of a key staff member, the discovery of massive embezzlement and so forth. A crisis may also be positive, for example a sudden large influx of donations that you don't have the infrastructure to manage as needed. For a quick fact sheet on the essentials of crisis management, click here.
CAN Insurance Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CAN and provides insurance solutions exclusively for CAN members, including health, dental, vision, liability and much more.
Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of California offers liability insurance tailored exclusively for 501(c)(3) nonprofits in California.
CAN is a satellite office of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, the premier national organization offering information, resources and training on risk management in a nonprofit environment. Check out the following resources on their website (CAN members get a discount on many of these resources -- be sure to ask!):
Public Entity Risk Institute exists to advance the practice of risk management in nonprofits, small business and local government.
Tech Soup offers a compendium of resources on disaster planning around IT issues.
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Have a good resource to share that's not listed above? E-mail a short description and link to Kathy Crabb or call her at (213) 347-2070, ext. 209.
