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Financial Reporting

Your Nonprofit Accounting Single Source of Truth Only Works When People Can Actually Use It

The board asks a simple question. “How much do we have in unrestricted?” You give a number. Then development gives [...]

July 6, 2026| 5 min Read

Process Automation

How Nonprofits Improve Accounts Payable Efficiency with AP Automation

July 6, 2026| 5 min Read

Financial Reporting

Using Funding Pipeline Reports to Adapt to Changing Conditions, Lower Risks, and Spur Innovation

April 7, 2026| 6 min Read

Budgeting

What to Look for When Evaluating Nonprofit Budgeting Software 

March 6, 2026| 6 min Read

Financial Reporting

How Strong Financial and Operational Practices Support Mission Success and Prevent Staff Burnout 

March 26, 2026| 4 min Read

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    Crisis Management

    What This 2026 Independent School Safety Research Means for Your Business Office

    This is the first in a three-part series. The next two cover what this 2026 independent school safety research means [...]

    July 13, 2026 | 4 min Read

    Budgeting

    Budget vs. Forecast for Nonprofits: Why You Need Both

    You have a budget. It felt right when you built it. It was approved with buy-in from across your organization. [...]

    July 9, 2026 | 4 min Read

    Artificial Intelligence

    AI in Fund Accounting: Why Agents Are the Next Step

    Finance teams aren’t asking for additional AI-enabled bells and whistles, no matter how shiny. They want a reprieve from too [...]

    July 9, 2026 | 5 min Read

    Move from AI experimentation to AI transformation.

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    Fund Accounting

    Changemaker Spotlight Q&A: Donna Albaum, Donna Klein Jewish Academy

    This Q&A series aims to provide readers with valuable insights from changemakers across the social impact community.  Donna is the [...]

    July 8, 2026 | 6 min Read

    Financial Reporting

    Give Finance Back Its Time: How Self-Service Reporting Helps Your Organization Move Faster

    If you work in nonprofit finance, you’ve probably experienced one or more of these questions: A budget manager needs a [...]

    July 2, 2026 | 8 min Read

    Fund Accounting

    3 Tips to Better Manage Accounting for Your Ticket Sales  

    Arts & Cultural organizations tend to have more unique revenue streams than any other type of nonprofit. So, today I'll share a few tips to better manage accounting for your ticket sales.

    June 25, 2026 | 5 min Read

    Financial Reporting

    What Are Admin Expenses?

    Employee salaries, purchasing office supplies, and paying the electric bill so the lights keep working are all examples of the admin costs.

    June 22, 2026 | 5 min Read

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    Financial Reporting

    The CHC CFO Playbook: Turning the $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Program into Real-Time Financial Intelligence

    If you oversee the finances for a community health center, you are acutely aware of how Medicaid is changing with [...]

    June 18, 2026 | 5 min Read

    Change Management

    The Crucial Role of Change Management for CFOs: Driving Sustainable Success in Nonprofit Finance

    Leadership transitions, new fund accounting software, changes in reporting expectations—none of these are new pressures for nonprofit finance teams. What [...]

    June 17, 2026 | 5 min Read

    Financial Reporting

    GAAP for Nonprofits: Why the Numbers Differ and How to Explain the Gap to Your Board

    Have you ever had your board members scratch their collective heads when the development and finance teams report their results? Do you get questions on why the two never match up?

    June 10, 2026 | 4 min Read

    Compliance

    Nonprofit Accounting Compliance: Why Grant-Funded Organizations Need Fund Accounting

    Don’t jeopardize your nonprofit compliance with a commercial accounting system. Grant-funded organizations know nonprofit accounting compliance is a must-have for [...]

    May 27, 2026 | 5 min Read

    Change Management

    Signs Your Systems Are Broken (And You’ve Just Learned to Live with It)

    We all know that CFO. Sharp, experienced, good at their job, and the crown jewel of their department is a [...]

    May 26, 2026 | 3 min Read

    Budgeting

    Forecasts Don’t Have to be Perfect to be Powerful: Four Truths to Help Nonprofit Leaders Forecast Consistently

    Cash flow is the number that keeps nonprofit executive directors up at night, and for good reason. According to the [...]

    May 22, 2026 | 5 min Read
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