Category: Finance and Accounting

Best Practices for Succession Planning in Nonprofit Finance Departments

Here’s an uncomfortable fact: nonprofit turnover runs higher than anyone likes to admit, meaningfully higher than the private sector. If […]


12 Top Financial Metrics Nonprofits Need to Know

A growing revenue line does not always mean your nonprofit is financially healthy. Revenue may be concentrated in one grant, […]


The Nuances of Cost in Federal Grants Management

Managing federal grant costs sounds simple enough. You receive the award, follow the approved budget, and spend the money on […]


Is Your Accounting Software Holding Your Nonprofit Back? 7 Signs It’s Time to Upgrade

Your accounting software may still open every morning. It may still record revenue, help you pay bills, and produce a […]


From Feature Overload to Fit for Purpose: Finding the Capabilities that Matter Most to Your Organization

If you’ve sat through a finance system that only showed slide after slide of capabilities, somewhere around slide 40, you […]


4 Ways Automation Streamlines AP for Lean Finance Teams

Your AP clerk is out for the day. A vendor has emailed updated banking information. Several invoices are waiting for […]


What a Complete Nonprofit Agentic Finance System Could Look Like on an Ordinary Tuesday

I asked our team what a fully agentic finance system would actually feel like day to day, and the first […]


Why AI Maturity Matters More Than AI Adoption in Financial Reporting

Artificial intelligence has quickly moved from a future-focused conversation to a practical reality for many nonprofit organizations. According to new […]


Building a Culture of Effective Budgeting Practices

How can you make budgets more effective and valuable for your nonprofit organization? The answer lies in changing people’s perspectives […]


Return on Mission: A Framework to Measure Success at Philanthropic Organizations

Our board was debating a large purchase and struggling to balance the ROI of its costs with how it was […]