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Fund Accounting

5 Nonprofits Financial Drivers That Are More Important Than Ever Before!

Today's environment has a lot of nonprofits concerned. Here are the top 5 drivers to ensure your organization has the financial information to be responsive.

November 14, 2017 | 2 min Read

Donor Cultivation

5 Best Practices for Negotiating Funding for a Thriving Nonprofit

Gratitude towards funders is critical, but thankfulness shouldn’t stop us from having honest discussions about expenses.

August 8, 2016 | 3 min Read

Fund Accounting

The 7 Steps to Choosing Nonprofit Accounting Software

This checklist breaks the selection process into seven critical steps, and provides tips on how to choose the best software for your nonprofit.

April 20, 2016 | 4 min Read

Financial Reporting

How Would You Rate Your Prospect Management System?| Part 4

Final post in a four-part series that outlines the various levels of prospect management we encounter with our clients. This blog deals with “Level 4: Well-oiled machine: All systems in place with nearly 100% adoption.”

December 17, 2014 | 3 min Read

Financial Reporting

How Would You Rate Your Prospect Management System?| Part 3

This is the 3rd in a series of 4 blogs related to developing and growing a prospect management system

October 14, 2014 | 4 min Read

Internal Controls

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.

March 25, 2014 | 3 min Read

Budgeting

How to Overcome the 4 Roadblocks Facing Your Grant Strategy

Meeting grant requirements can generate significant challenges and increased administrative burdens, but is essential for future grant consideration.

March 13, 2014 | 2 min Read

Fund Accounting

3 Steps to Get More Grants

In order for nonprofit accounting departments to elevate their role in the process, here are three keys to building grant funding that lasts

February 24, 2014 | 3 min Read

Financial Reporting

How Development and Finance Can Get Along (Really!)

Most people understand that their development and finance departments are both critical to the success of their nonprofit organization. Many [...]

April 17, 2013 | 3 min Read

Data Insights

Be effective and efficient

We all want to work smarter, not harder—to be effective and efficient. Here ar five steps to keep you focused on the stuff that matters.

February 26, 2013 | 2 min Read

Advocacy

Still More Tips for Election Planning

part 3 in blog series about election planning [...]

June 11, 2012 | 3 min Read

How to Overcome Common Challenges in Your Nonprofit Budget Approval Process

How ASC 958-205 and UPMIFA Enhance Endowment Transparency

Mitigating Fraud at Your Not-For-Profit: Lessons Learned

Types of Grants That Every Nonprofit Should Know

Build Trust by Integrating Your Fundraising and Finance Systems

Editor's Pick

What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know About Financial Audits

Nonprofit Accounting vs. For-Profit Accounting: How They Are Different and Why Nonprofits Should Care

10 Considerations for Creating a Budgeting Process

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5 Nonprofits Financial Drivers That Are More Important Than Ever Before!

5 Best Practices for Negotiating Funding for a Thriving Nonprofit

The 7 Steps to Choosing Nonprofit Accounting Software

How Would You Rate Your Prospect Management System?| Part 4

How Would You Rate Your Prospect Management System?| Part 3

3 Tips to Better Manage Accounting for your Ticket Sales