The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 changes many ways in which we work and live. As a result for nonprofit managers, it means revisiting common contract clauses. Likewise, updates ensure cancellations due to infectious disease are covered in force majeure or impossibility clauses.

COVID-19 has presented nonprofit managers new challenges when it comes to cancelling events and dealing with vendors. Not knowing the length of government-required social distancing, organizations must determine whether to cancel meetings planned for months from now. When should you contact vendors? And what should you say?