A Simple Gesture

Guidance Clarifies Correct Classification of Employees, Contractors, Volunteers for Nonprofits

New guidance and expert advice clarify how nonprofits should classify employees, independent contractors, interns, and v...

A Simple Gesture launches volunteer calendar with pickup schedules and route tags

A Simple Gesture has published a centralized volunteer and events calendar listing Green Bag pickup schedules, route tag...

A Simple Gesture collects donations door-to-door for Dulles South Food Pantry

A Simple Gesture collects porch donations in reusable green bags from households in six high-school zones, with voluntee...

A Simple Gesture pantry pick-up increases LCM inventory, now in 80+ communities

A Simple Gesture pantry pick-up program increases inventory at Lake Christian Ministries and operates in 80+ communities...

Arlington Community Food Bank Expands Year‑Round Donations Through A Simple Gesture Program

Arlington Community Food Bank has expanded year-round donations using the A Simple Gesture pantry pick-up program, scali...

News

A Simple Gesture's Porch Pickup Model Scales Nationwide from Paradise Origins

A Simple Gesture grew from a Paradise porch‑pickup idea into a volunteer network that collects Red Bags of food for loca...

A Simple Gesture team page spotlights Leslie Loyd and food access leadership

A Simple Gesture updated its Our Team page to highlight Leslie Loyd as president & COO and staff leading food access and...

Labor

DOL Guidance Clarifies When Volunteer Service Falls Outside FLSA Employee Status

DOL guidance clarifies when unpaid volunteers are not employees under the FLSA and warns nonprofits and public employers...

Nonprofits Advised to Strengthen Volunteer Screening, Training, and Liability Controls

Nonprofits urged to tighten volunteer screening and controls to curb legal, tax, and reputational risks for staff and vo...

DOL Fact Sheet #71 Clarifies When Interns Must Be Paid Under FLSA

The Department of Labor’s Fact Sheet #71 spells out tests for when interns at for-profit employers must be paid under th...

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A Simple Gesture Board Adopts Data-Driven Process to Set Executive Pay

A Simple Gesture's board adopted a data-driven, documented process for setting executive pay to strengthen governance an...

Nonprofit HR Survey Guides A Simple Gesture on Total Rewards Strategy

Nonprofit HR's 2024 sector survey is steering A Simple Gesture to expand total rewards beyond base pay, affecting pay ba...

DOL Fact Sheet Clarifies When Nonprofit Workers Are Employees or Volunteers

DOL Wage and Hour Division issued a fact sheet clarifying when nonprofit workers are employees or volunteers, affecting ...

A Simple Gesture Embraces Total Rewards to Boost Recruitment and Retention

A Simple Gesture is adopting a total rewards approach that treats pay and benefits as a unified system to improve recrui...

A Simple Gesture Adopts Total Rewards Toolkit to Build Defensible Pay Bands

A Simple Gesture adopted Nonprofit HR's Total Rewards toolkit to create defensible pay bands, aiming to boost pay transp...

501 Commons Publishes Volunteer Management Guide with Templates and Best Practices

501 Commons assembled a volunteer management guide with templates and best practices to help nonprofit leaders and volun...

A Simple Gesture mobilizes volunteers to end childhood hunger with grocery bags

A Simple Gesture mobilized volunteers to collect Green Bag donations and deliver groceries to local pantries, helping ad...

News

A Simple Gesture Redistributes Surplus Food to 38+ Partners, Shapes Donor SOPs

A Simple Gesture redistributes surplus food to 38+ nonprofit partners in Guilford County and helped shape donor SOPs to ...

A Simple Gesture Places SHARE Fridges in Schools, Redirects Surplus Food

A Simple Gesture places SHARE fridges in schools to redirect unopened School Nutrition Program food to students and part...

News

ASG Marshfield Publishes 2026-2027 Bag Collection Schedule Starting January 31

ASG Marshfield published a 2026-2027 green/red bag collection schedule starting January 31, 2026, giving workers and rou...

A Simple Gesture Boosts Retention with Creative Benefits and Flexible Work

A Simple Gesture expands benefits beyond base pay and adds flexible work, aiming to cut burnout and boost retention at a...

ASG Green Bag Guide: Donor Steps, Bi‑Monthly Pickup, Pantry Deliveries

Donors receive a reusable green bag, refill it on a set bi-monthly schedule, and volunteer drivers collect and rotate ba...

A Simple Gesture Revamps Website With Volunteer Sign-Ups, Green Bag Schedule

A Simple Gesture revamped its website with volunteer sign-ups, event calendars and Green Bag schedule links, making it e...

A Simple Gesture Navigates FLSA Volunteer Rules to Reduce Misclassification Risk

A Simple Gesture tightened volunteer roles and paperwork to cut FLSA misclassification risk, clarifying who is a volunte...

Council Releases Guidance for Nonprofit Boards on Reasonable Executive Pay

Council issues guidance for nonprofit boards on setting reasonable executive pay and documenting annual reviews to build...

Council of Nonprofits Issues Guide on IRS Three-Step Executive Compensation Process

Nonprofit boards should follow a three-step IRS comparability process for executive pay to strengthen transparency, defe...

Candid Compensation Report Helps Boards Benchmark Pay and Reduce IRS Risk

Candid's nonprofit compensation report aggregates IRS data so boards can benchmark executive and staff pay and document ...

Volunteer Shift at JFS to Sort 1,500-3,000 Pounds from A Simple Gesture

Volunteers at JFS are sorting 1,500-3,000 pounds of food donated by A Simple Gesture, a hands-on effort that illustrates...

Wipfli Survey: Retention Top Concern, Reinforcing A Simple Gesture Strategies

Wipfli survey finds 60% of nonprofit, government and education leaders name retention their top workforce challenge, sig...