Operations, finance, and governance staff at organizations with a legal entity in the Netherlands, or working with one.
Moral Fabric runs an open helpdesk for Dutch and EU nonprofits. They maintain current guidance on Dutch tax, governance, employment, and finance, so we point to them rather than duplicating it. This article maps what they cover and where to start.
Links open on their site. They maintain the content, so treat their page as the current version if anything here reads as out of date. This list is not exhaustive; they constantly update and expand their site.
ANBI and Dutch tax status
ANBI requirements and FAQs answers the questions that come up when applying for or holding ANBI status: the conditions you must meet, how long designation takes, whether you really need three board members, and whether a founder who sits on the board can be paid.
VAT for Dutch nonprofits covers what you charge and what you can deduct. Nonprofit status does not exempt you from VAT; the answer depends on the activity, not the legal form.
Finance and reporting
Annual financial reporting for Dutch nonprofits explains which reporting regime applies to you, the simplified regime for smaller fundraising organizations or the full RJ 650, and what the annual accounts and board report must contain under each.
Conditional grants: booking funding you might have to repay shows how to tell a conditional grant from earmarked funding, book it as a liability, and release it to income as conditions are met. Read it before you recognize a restricted grant as revenue.
Governance
Board regulations (bestuursreglement) explains how internal board rules work alongside your deed of incorporation. They are not legally required, but they are easier to change than the deed and are where decision-making and conflict of interest procedures usually sit.
People and employment
Employment law covers Dutch staffing questions, including volunteers, international hires, and employing people before your foundation is formally incorporated.
Payroll in the Netherlands walks through the monthly cycle, who belongs on payroll, which platforms to use, and the filing steps.
Employing people abroad: legal options for a Dutch foundation compares an employer of record against setting up a local entity, with costs and timelines. Useful whenever someone will work for your Dutch entity from another country.
Contract templates provides Dutch fixed-term, indefinite, and freelance agreements, generalized from ones actually in use. They assume Dutch law and a Dutch entity.
Working across the US and the Netherlands
Receiving US tax-deductible donations as a Dutch nonprofit compares seven routes to US deductibility, with the cost, timeline, and stage each one suits. It also explains why ANBI status alone does nothing for a US donor.
Entities across borders: keeping a US and EU nonprofit separate sets out how to run a Dutch and a US organization as genuinely independent bodies that share a mission, and what each side has to file.
Policies you can adopt directly
These are jurisdiction-neutral and usable by any nonprofit.
Using AI responsibly: a one-page policy for nonprofits is five rules covering disclosure, human review, data protection, tool approval, and sharing what you learn. It is published as free to use and adapt.
Information security splits guidance between what individual staff should do and what an IT lead should implement, built on ISO 27001 and GDPR.
Privacy policy: template for your website is a GDPR privacy policy covering donors, analytics, cookies, newsletters, applicants, and processors, written to be worked through in order.
Open Lanes: a transparent, lane-based salary framework sets every salary from one formula of role lane, experience level, and location, removing negotiation and manager discretion.
What this Portal covers instead
For board meeting cadence, filing annual accounts with the Chamber of Commerce through Standard Business Reporting, the annual board meeting agenda, the management board report, and the full list of what an ANBI must publish on its website, see ANBI and stichting maintenance requirements.