Regional Workshops Will Focus on Retirement Plan Trends in the Nonprofit Sector; Events to be Held in Hartford and New Haven

Nonprofit organizations in Connecticut will have an opportunity to learn more about retirement plan trends from varying professional perspectives at a workshop organized by The Alliance for Nonprofit Growth and Opportunity (TANGO). The workshops will be held during the last week of October in Hartford and New Haven.

The morning workshops will include three unique perspectives from industry leaders sharing the top retirement plan trends and issues facing the nonprofit sector, including fiduciary standard of care, strategies for plan oversight, and ways to help minimize risk. The workshops will be held in Hartford on October 28 and in New Haven on October 30.

TANGO is a socially responsible nonprofit sustained by professional service providers dedicated to serving the nonprofit sector. The TANGO community includes more than 900 nonprofit organizations in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Presenters from CohnReznick, Reid and Riege, P.C., and Schuster Driscoll LLC will provide a rich discussion from their viewpoints of accounting, law, and plan facilitation, and take questions from nonprofit attendees throughout the morning session.

Schuster Driscoll, TANGO’s Founding Partner, specializes in retirement plan advisory services, employee benefits, and human resources consulting. Their retirement practice focuses on fiduciary guidance, investment management, and employee advice and education. CohnReznick is a top ten accounting and consulting firm serving many of the most respected not-for-profit and educational institutions in the United States. Reid and Riege, P.C. is a full service law firm providing legal counsel and representation to many of the region’s leading businesses and nonprofit organizations, financial institutions, corporations and individuals.

Each program begins with registration at 8:00 AM, followed by the two hour program, to end at 10:30 AM. Light breakfast is provided. For location details and registration, which is limited, visit www.TANGOalliance.org.

“By ‘giving back’ to our nonprofit members, TANGO Partners help strengthen the communities in which we live, coming together with the nonprofit sector to drive innovation and lower costs,” said TANGO President & Founder Rollin Schuster. “This important workshop is another example of how we help nonprofits thrive.”

TANGO’s thoroughly vetted partners – now numbering more than 30 - provide member nonprofit organizations with in-person forums and webinars hosted by TANGO partners that provide services ranging from employee benefits and retirement planning to marketing, IT, fundraising and board consulting, as well as employment law, accounting, and banking.

The Hartford workshop on October 28 will be held at Junior Achievement of Southwest New England, 70 Farmington Avenue in Hartford. The New Haven program on October 30 will be held at the Community Action Agency of New Haven at 419 Whalley Avenue. Free parking is available in both locations.

TANGO also provides a range of services, including equipment donations, social media expertise, and an ongoing exchange of intellectual capital. There is no cost for nonprofit organizations to become TANGO members. Additional information is available at the TANGO website, www.TANGOalliance.org.