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Action Without Borders (www.idealist.org)
Idealist.org is a website dedicated to connecting people, orgzanizations, ideas, and resources for social impact.  It offers information about local and global voluteering, nonprofit careers, and nonprofit management.

Benefits Glossary
Learn about common employee benefits with easy to understand definitions. 

Internal Revenue Service (www.irs.gov)

Withholding Calculator
This online calculator can help you determine whether you need to give youremployer a new Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate toavoid having too much or too little Federal income tax withheld from your pay.   You can use your results from the calculator to help fill out the form.

Form 8889
This form is used to report health savings account (HSA) contributions and distributions, figure your HSA deduction, what must you include in your income, and any additional tax owed if you fail to be eligible for an HSA.

Montgomery County Maryland (www.montgomerycountymd.gov)

Your Payroll Check Explained
Here is a detailed description of pay statement to help you understand the things you should know about your check.

National Endowment for Finanical Education (www.nefe.org)
NEFE is an independent non-profit organization providing financial literacy and education materials, research, and public policy advocacy for consumers, communities, and social services professionals.

Making the Most of Job Benefits
A collaborative effort of NEFE and the National Urban League, this booklet describes all of the different type of benefits and what to do if your job doesn't provide employee benefits.PA

PA Department of Human Services (www.dhs.state.pa.us)

COMPASS:  Click.Apply.Benefit.
COMPASS provides complete information on the specific health and humanservice programs or benefits available in Pennsylvania.  You can also apply for new benefits, finish your application or check your status right from this site.

Work Place Basics (www.learnfree.org)
A program of the Goodwill Community Foundation and Goodwill Industries of Eastern NC, learnfree.org is a free resource for online learning for the essential skills needed to live and work in the 21st century.

Understanding Your Pay, Benefits, and Paycheck
This free online course helps youdifferentiate between gross income and net income, recognize commonly-offered employee benefits, and it helps you understand your paycheck.

 

 

 

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