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Number Terms

 

10% Limitation

11-digit barcode

20% Limitation

30% Limitation

360 Degree Feedback

50% Election

50% Limitation

50% Limitation Charity

50% Organization

501(c)(3)

501(c)(4)

501(c)(6)

501(h)

501(h) Election

509(a)

 

A Terms

 

AADC

ABE

accounting period

account representative

Acrobat

Act

Action

Action Forum

Action Plan

Action Planning and Processes

Active Listening

Actives

Active Voice

ActiveX

Activities

Activity-based Costing System

Activity Settings

Actual Data

ADA

Adaptive Capacity

Ad Banner

Ad Click

Ad Click Rate

Added Value

Add-ons

address assignment

Address Correction

ADEA

Adhesion Contract

ADI

Adjective

Adjourn

Adjourn for More than Three Days

Adjournment Sine Die

Adjournment to a Day and Time Certain

Adjusted Gross Income

Administer

Administrative Systems

Adoption Assistance

ADR

Advance Gifts

Adverb

Adversarial Approach

Adversary Adversaries

Advertising

Advertising Agencies

Advertising Media

Advice and Consent

Ad Views

Advised Fund

Advisory Board

Advocacy

Advocacy Alliance

Affected Class

Affidavit

Affiliate Funds

Affiliation

Affinity Card

Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action Groups

Affirmative Action Plan

After Market

After-Only Designs

Age Discrimination and Employment Act of 1967

Ageism

Agency

Agency Endowment

Agenda-Setting

Agenda-Setting Theory

Agent

AGP

Aliasing and Anti-Aliasing

Alien

Alliance

Alliteration

Alternate Dispute Resolution

Altruism

Alumni Clubs

Alumni Fund

Ambush Marketing

Amendment

Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute

American Council On Gift Annuities

American Society for Training and Development

Americans with Disabilities Act

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

AmeriCorps

Amnesty

Analog

Analysis

Analysis of Variance

Analyst

Analytical Problem-Solving

Analytic Scoring

Anchor

Anniversary Campaign

Annual Appeal

Annual Exclusion

Annual Fund

Annual General Meeting

Annual Giving

Annual Operating Budget

Annual Report

Annual Work Plan

Annuitant

Annuity

Annuity Trust

Anonymity (provision for)

Anonymous Gift

Anthropological Evaluation

Anti-Semitism

Antivirus Software

AP

Apostrophe

Appeal

Appearance

Applet

Applicant

Applicant Relationship

Application

Applied Research

Apportionment

Appraisal

Appreciated Property

Appreciated Real Property

Appreciation

Appropriation

Appropriations Bill

Aptitude

Arbitration

Arbitrator

Area of Dominant Influence

Area of Interest Fund

Articles of Incorporation

ASCII

aspect ratio

Assessment

Asset

Asset Allocation

Asset-Based Community Development

Asset Classes

Asset Mapping

Assign

Assignment Of Income Doctrine

Associated Charity

Associates

ASTD

Asymmetric

Asynchronous Training

ATNA

Attainable

Attention

Attitude

Attitude Surveys

Attribute

Attrition

At-Will Employment

Audience

Audit

Audited Financials

Auditing Standards

Authentication

Authority

Authorization

Automated Area Distribution Center

Automated Barcode Evaluator

Automation Refugee

Auxiliary Aids and Services

Average Costs

Average Hours Volunteered Annually

Awards

Awareness

 

B Terms

 

B2B

Backdoor Spending Authority

Background

Backgrounder

Back Pay and Benefits

Balance

Balanced Budget

Balance Sheet

Bandwidth

Barcode Clear Zone

Bargain Sale

Barrier

Base Annual Salary

Baseline

Batch

BATNA

BBM

Before or After-School Care

Behavior

Behavioral Objectives

Below the Line Advertising

Benchmark

Benchmarking

Benchmarking Gap

Benefactor

Beneficial Owner

Beneficiary

Benefit Event

Benefits

Benevolence

Bequest

Bereavement Leave

Best-in-Class

Best Practices

Beta

BFOQ

Bias

Biased Sample

Big Gifts

Bills

Bills Introduced

Bills Referred

Bio

Birthday Campaign

Bivariate Analysis

Block Grants

Board Chair

Board Chair Elect

Board Committees

Board Development

Board Development Committee

Board Diversity

Board Evaluation

Board Member

Board of Directors

Board of Trustees

Board President

Board President-Elect

Board Secretary

Board Treasurer

BOG

Boilerplate

Bona Fide Occupational Qualification

Book Value

Boomers

Borrowing Authority

Brainstorming

Branching

Brand

Branding

Break-even Point

Breakfast Meetings Ban

Bricks and Mortar

Brochure

Brown Bag Lunches

Budget

Budget Act

Budget Authority

Budget Enforcement Act of 1990

Budget Resolution

Building Campaign

Building Funds

Building Grant

Building Program

Bulk Business Mail

Bulk Mail

Bulk Mail Center

Bullpen Style Offices

Business Center

Business-Community Partnerships

Business Ethics

Business Plan

Business Reply Mail

Business to Business

Buzz

Bylaws

Byline

Byrd Rule

By Request

 

C Terms

 

Cafeteria Plan

Calendar

Calendar of Business

Call of the Calendar

Call to Action

Call Tree

Campaign

Campaign Costs

Campaign Materials

Capability Mapping

Capacity

Capacity Building

Capacity Development

Capital Asset

Capital Campaign

Capital Funds

Capital Gain

Capital Gain Property

Capital Gains Tax

Capital Grant

Capital Needs

Capital Support

Career Counseling and Resource Center

Career Ladder

Care Subsidy

Carryover

Case

Case For Support

Case Law

Case Study

Case Study Education

Cash and Equivalents

Cash Basis Accounting

Cash Cow

Cash Flows

Cash From Investing

Cash From Operations

CASS

Catastrophic Leave

Catchline

Category Exclusivity

Caucus

Causal Analysis

Causal Association

Causal Relationship

Cause Marketing

Cause-Related Marketing

Ceiling

Centralization

Central Tendency Effect

Certificate of Mailing

Certified Fundraising Executive

Certified Internal Auditor

Certified in Volunteer Administration

Certified Public Accountant

Chairman

Chairman of the Board

Challenge Gift

Challenge Grant

Challenge Support

Change Agent

Change-in-Control Arrangements

Change-in-Control Provisions

Change Management

Channel of Distribution

Chapter Out

Character Education

Charitable Class

Charitable Corporation

Charitable Deduction

Charitable Deferred Gifts

Charitable Foundation

Charitable-Gift Annuity

Charitable Intent

Charitable Lead Annuity Trust

Charitable Lead Trust

Charitable Lead Unitrust

Charitable Organization

Charitable Purpose

Charitable Remainder Trust

Charitable Remainder Unitrust

Charitable Reverse Split-Dollar Insurance

Charitable Set-Aside Rule

Charitable Trust

Charity

Checklist Approach

Chief Executive Officer

Christmas Tree Bill

Chunking

CIA

Circulation Area

Citizen Politics

Civic Entrepreneur

Civil Investing

Civil Rights Act of 1871

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Society

Civil Society Organization

Class Action

Class Agent

Classes of Senators

Classism

Clean Bill

Clerk of the House

Client

Client List

Cloakroom

Cloture

Cluster Evaluation

Clustering

CMC

CMRA

CMYK

Coaching

Coaching Program

Coalition Building

Coalitions

Code of Best Practice

Code of Conduct

Code of Doctrine

Code of Ethics

Code of Practice

Coding Accuracy Support System

Cognitive Dissonance

Cold Call

Collaboration

Collaborative Empowerment

Collaborative Funding

Collaborative Learning

Collections

Collections Acquisition

Collections Preservation

Commemorative

Commissioning New Works

Commitment

Committed Funds

Committee Amendment

Committee Calendar

Committee Chair Person

Committee Jurisdiction

Committee Membership

Committee of the Whole

Committee on Committees

Committee Print

Committee Substitute

Committee Veto

Committee Work Plans

Common Interest Group

Communication Channels

Communication Objective

Communications Audit

Communications Strategy

Community Assessment

Community-Based Sector

Community-Based Service

Community Capacity

Community Coalition

Community Development

Community Development Corporations

Community Economic Development

Community Foundation

Community Fund

Community Group

Community Mapping

Community Media Centers

Community Organizing

Community Outreach

Community Policing

Community Profile

Community Relations

Companies Code

Companion Bill or Measure

Company-Sponsored Foundation

Compensation

Compensatory Damages

Competency-Based Training

Competent

Competition-Based Pricing

Competitions

Competitive Analysis

Compilations

Complaint Procedure

Complete Financials Update

Compliance

Compliance Agencies

Complicating Factors

Component Fund

Compressed Work Week

Computer Equipment Grants

Computer Systems Grants

Concessions

Conciliation

Concurrent Resolution

Conditional Grant

Conditional Promise to Give

Conduct of a Sexual Nature

Conferees

Conference Committee

Conference Report

Confidentiality Form

Confirmation

Conflict

Conflict Management

Conflict of Interest

Conflict Resolution

Conflict Transformation

Congressional Terms of Office

Congruence Analysis

Consensus-Building

Consensus-Building Outcome

Consensus Organizing

Conservation

Consideration

Consistent

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985

Consolidation

Constituency

Constituent Relationships

Construct

Constructive Criticism

Constructive Discharge

Consultant

Consumer Panels

Contamination

Content Analysis

Content Validity

Continuing Education

Continuing Support

Continuous Improvement

Continuous Processing

Contract

Contract Authority

Contrast Effect

Contribution

Contribution Base

Contributions Committee

Contributory Penson Plan

Control Group

Controllable Budget Items

Controller

Controlling

Control Variable

Convene

Conventional Planning

Conviction

Cooperation

Cooperative Approach

Cooperative Mailing

Cooperative Venture

Coordination

Copy

Copyright

Core Competence

Corporate Advertising

Corporate Citizenship

Corporate Contributions

Corporate Form

Corporate Foundation

Corporate Giving Program

Corporate Image

Corporate Philanthropy

Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Sponsorship

Corporate Veil

Corporate Volunteer Council

Corporate Volunteer Program

Corporation

Corpus

Corrective Maintenance

Cost Accounting

Cost-Based Pricing

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost-Benefit Ratio

Cost Center

Cost Matching

Cost of Operation

Cost-Plus Pricing

Cost Sharing

Co-Tenant

Courtesy Reply Mail

Court of Public Opinion

Court-Ordered Community Service

CPA

Credibility

Criterion

Critical Juncture

Critical Success Factor

Critical Thinking Skills

CRM

Cross-Cultural Communication

Cross Elasticity of Demand

Cross Sector Collaboration

Cultivation

Cultural Competence

Cultural Relevance

Current Ratio (MRQ)

Current Services Estimates

Curriculum Development

Customer

Customer Advocate

Customer Service

Customer Service Policy

Cutback

Cutline

CVA

Cyber Meetings

Cyclical Maintenance

Cy Pres

 

D Terms

 

Daily Feedback Forms

Daisy Chain

Data

Data Analysis

Data Backup

Database

Database Front End

Database Marketing

Data Collection Plan

Data Packet

Data Processing

DDoS

DDR RAM

Deadline

Debt Funding

Debt Reduction

Decentralization

Decision Making

Decision Tree

Decline

Declining Grant

Deduplicating

Deep Linking

De-Escalation

Defamation

Default Browser

Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity

Deferred Compensation

Deferred Gift

Deferred Giving

Deficit Funding

Defined Benefit Plan

Defined Contribution Plan

Delayering

Delivery Point Barcode

Demand

Demographics

Demography

Demonstration Grant

Departmentalization

Dependent

Deposition

Depreciation

Deputy Postmaster General

Descriptive Data

Designated Endowment

Designated Fund

Designated Gift

Desired Outcomes

Desk Research

Determination Letters

Developing Sector

Development

Developmental Assets

Development Board

Devise

DIALOG

Dialogue

Dictatorial Process

Digital Divide

DIMM

Diplomacy

Direct Costs

Direct Gifts

Direct Impact

Direct Lobbying

Direct Mail

Direct Marketing

Direct Observation

Director

Director-at-Large

Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

Directory

Direct Service

Dirty Connection

Disability

Disarming Strategies

Disbursement Excess

Disbursement Quota

Disbursements

Disclosure Statement

Discretionary Funds

Discrimination

Disparate Effect

Disqualified Person

Distance Learning

Distribution

Distribution Committee

Diversification

Diversity

DLL

DMA

DMM

DNS

Docket

Docking Station

Document

Document Review

DOM

Domain Name

Domain Name Lookup

Domains of Learning

Domestic Mail Manual

Domestic Partner Benefits

Domestic Violence Education Prevention

Domination Conflicts

Donation

Donee

Donor

Donor Advised Fund

Donor-Imposed Condition

Donor-Imposed Restriction

Donor Intent

Donor Profile

Donor Pyramid

Donor Recognition

Donor Relations

Donor Services Representative

Do Pass

Double Entry

Double Join

DPI

Drop Date

Drop-Down Menu

Drops

Drop Shipment

Dry Promotion

DSL

Dual Aspect

Due Diligence

Duty of Care

 

E Terms

 

EAP

Earmarking

Earned Income

Earned Media

EATNA

e-Commerce

Economic Development

Economic Pricing

ECR

EEO

EEOC

Effectiveness

Effective Nonprofit Board

Efficiency

EIN

e-Learning

Electoral Activities

Electronic Democracy

Eleemosynary

Email Alias

Email Client

Email Policies

Emergency Funds

Emergent Strategy

Emotional Intelligence

Empirical Data

Employee

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Benefit Plan

Employee Involvement

Employee Matching Gift

Employee-Related Scholarships

Employee Taskforce

Employment Parity

Empowerment

Enabling Environment

Endowed Fund

Endowment

Endowment Needs

End-User

Engagement Continuum

Enhanced Carrier Route Standard Mail

Enlistment

Entire Interest Gift

Entity

Environmental Analysis

e-Philanthropy

Episodic Volunteers

Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity Commision

Equal Pay Act of 1963

Equilibrium Price

Equipment Funds

Equity

Ergonomics

Essential Job Functions

Estate

Estate Tax

Estimation Error

Ethical

Ethical Behavior

Ethical Dilemmas

Ethical Fitness

Ethics

Ethics Policy

Ethnic Competence

Ethnicity

Ethnocentrism

Ethnorelative

Ethos

Etiquette

Evaluation

Evaluation Context

Evaluation Grant

Evaluation Plan

Evaluation Practice

Event Study

Exceptions to Lobbying

Excess Business Holdings

Excise Tax

Exclusion Ratio

Executive Committee

Executive Compensation Package

Executive Director

Executive Session

Executor

Exit Strategy

Ex Officio

Expenditure Responsibility

Expense Reimbursement

Experiential Learning

Experimental Evaluation

Extension Strategies

External Benchmarking

External Coordination

External Environment

External Evaluation

External Monitoring

External Validity

Extranet

 

F Terms

 

Facilitation

Facilitator

Facility

Facility Management

Fact-Based Disputes

Factor Comparison

Factor Point

Fact Sheet

Fair Disclosure

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

Fair Market Value

Family Foundation

Family Sick Days

FAQ

Farm Retaining a Life Estate

FASB

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods

Feasibility Study

Feature

Federal Mid-Term Interest Rate

Federated Fund

Federated Giving Program

Feedback

Fee Interest

Fellowships

Fiduciary

Fiduciary Duty

Fiduciary Trust

Field of Interest Fund

Field Research

Finance Committee

Financial Accounting Standards Board

Financial Exigency

Financial Ratios

Financial Responsibility

Financial Statement

Financial Statement Footnotes

Financial Sustainability

Fiscal Agent

Fiscal Committee

Fiscal Management

Flat

Flexible Compensation Benefit System

Flextime

Floor

Flow-Through Funds

Focus Group

Focus Group Discussion

Focus Problem

FOIA

Follow On

Forcing Power Shortcuts

Forecasting

Foreign Corporation

Form 1040

Form 706

Form 990

Form 990-PF

Formal Leaders

Formal Surveys

Formal Training

Formative Evaluation

For The Use Of

Forward Looking Statement

Foundation

Foundation CEO

Four-Tier System

Framing

Free Address Environments

Free Standing Insert

Frequency

FSI

Functional Allocation

functional classification

Fund

Fund Accounting

Fund Balance

Funding Cycle

Funding Document

Funding Priorities

Funding Round

Fundraising

Fundraising Committee

Fundraising Counsel

Fundraising Executive

Future Interest

 

G Terms

 

GAAP

Gantt Chart

Gap Analysis

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GED

General Educational Diploma

General Gifts

Generalizability

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

General Purpose Foundation

General Support Awards

General Support Grant

Generational Marketing

Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax

Generic Benchmarking

Gen X

Gen Y

Gift

Gift Acceptance Committee

Gift Acceptance Guidelines

Gift Annuity

Gift In-Kind

Gift of Home

Gift Range Chart

Gift Recording

Gift Tax

Giving Circles

Giving Formulas

Giving History

Giving Pattern

Global Benchmarking

Going Concern Principle

Golden Handshake

Golden Hello

Golden Parachute

Goodwill

Governance

Governance Models

Governing Board

Governing Instrument Language

Grandfather Clause

Grant

Grant Agreement

Grant Application

Grant Cycle

Grantee

Grantee Financial Report

Grant Guidelines

Grantmaker

Grantmaking Priorities

Grant Monitoring

Grantor

Grantor Trust

Grant Recommendation

Grant Restrictions

Grants-in-Aid

Grants Lists

Grantsmanship

Grants to Individuals

Grassroots

Grassroots Fundraising

Grassroots Lobbying

Green Book

Gross Income

Group Address

Group Dynamics

Guidelines

 

H Terms

 

Hard Bargaining

Headline

Headquarters

Health and Safety

Health and Wellness Program

Healthier Communities Movement

Health Promotion

Hearings

Heterosexism

Heuristics

Hierarchy of Needs

Hijack

Historical Cost

History List

Hold

Hold-Harmless Clause

Holding Period

Honorarium

Hooks

Hopper

Horizontal Merger

Hostile Work Environment

Hoteling

Hour Rule

House Calendar

Household Level

Housing Mortgage Assistance

Huddle Room

Human Interest

Human Resource Management

 

I Terms

 

ICANN

Identity Conflicts

Identity Theft

IEC Plan

Image

Image Studies

Immediate Charitable Gift Annuity

Immediate Outcome

Impact

Impact Evaluation

Impact Indicator

Implementation

Implementation Evaluation

Implementation Strategy

Impoundments

Impressionistic Evaluation

Impressions

Inbox

Incentive System

Incidental Benefit

Income Beneficiary

Income Development

Income Elasticity of Demand

Income Interest

Income Statement

Incomplete Gift

Incorporate

Independent Board Chair

Independent Directors

Independent Foundation

Independent Sector

Indicator

Indicia

Indirect Benefit

Indirect Costs

Indirect Service

Individual Capacity

Individual Liability

Inferred Data

Informal Interviews

Informal Training

Information Flow Table

Informative Advertising

Infrastructure

Inheritance Tax

Initial Gifts

Initiative

Initiative-based Grantmaking

Injunction

In-Kind Contribution

In-kind Gifts

In-Kind Sponsorship

Innovation

Input

Input Indicator

Inquiries

Inspection Service

Institutional Foundation

Institutionally Related Fund

Institutional Review Board

Institutional Support

Institution-Building

Institutions

Instructional Systems Design

Instrumental Outcome

Insubstantial Part Test

Insubstantial Right

Insurable Interest

Insurance

Integrated Auxiliary of a Church

Integrative Power

Integrative System

Intended Results

Interdependent

Interest

Interest-Based Problem Solving

Interest Groups

Interest Limitation

Intergenerational Program

Intermediaries

Intermediate Sanctions

Internal Analysis

Internal Benchmarking

Internal Control

Internal Coordination

Internal Evaluator

Internal Monitoring

Internal Revenue Service

Internal Validity

Internal Validity Threat

International Accounting Standard

International Grantmaking

International Personnel Management Association

Internship Funds

Interpersonal Skills

Interstate

Interview

Inter Vivos

Intestate

Intolerance

Intra-case Analysis

Intractable Conflicts

Intranet

Intra-Office

Inventory

Investment Consultants

Investment in the Contract

Investment Manager

IPMA

Irrevocable

Irrevocable Trusts

IRS

IRS Form 5768

IRS Letter of Determination

ISP

Issue Identification

 

J Terms

 

Jargon

JavaScript

Jeopardy Investment

Job Coach

Job Description

Job Sharing