Category: Finance and Accounting

The Benefits of One Story: Communicating Financial Information to Your Nonprofit Board

The members of your nonprofit’s Board of Directors are many things: knowledgeable and successful in their areas of focus, community […]


3 Ways to Create Efficiencies in Your Nonprofit’s Monthly Finance Workflow

I love the saying: Where your attention goes, energy flows. We want to put our energy into the right things […]


5 Common Questions About Calculating Your Nonprofit’s Indirect Cost Rates

Nonprofit organizations are beginning to use indirect costs more frequently in their budgeting processes, whether or not they are pursuing […]


Making a Case for Calculating Your Nonprofit’s Indirect Costs

If the 500-piece puzzle you are working on only has 475 pieces, you would not only have gaps in the […]


Looking Back at 30 Years of Evolving Technology in Nonprofit Finance

Manual typewriters. Paper checks. Handwritten ledger books. A bottle of bleach at the ready for ink-inscribed mistakes. This isn’t the […]


The 10 Most Popular ENGAGE Articles Published in 2022

Hundreds of ENGAGE articles have been written by outstanding leaders and subject matter experts across the social good community in […]


Building the Business Case and Proving the ROI of Your Extensibility Project

Everywhere we turn, we hear talk of automation. Large and small nonprofits are finding ways to automate repetitive tasks, reach […]


3 Imperatives for the Modern Nonprofit CFO in the Digital Age

As nonprofit finance leaders, we are charged with empowering our teams with the technology, skills, and support they need to […]


Nonprofit Pro’s Cheat Sheet to bbcon 2022 Virtual

As a busy fundraiser or nonprofit data professional, your calendar is already packed, so wouldn’t it be great to have […]


7 Step Policy Guide for Creating Operating Reserves

Establishing and documenting a formal reserves policy is a best practice that should be adopted by all nonprofits. […]