Budgeting

How to Overcome Common Challenges in Your Nonprofit Budget Approval Process

Navigating the budget approval process in nonprofit organizations can sometimes feel like a maze full of frustrating dead ends. You [...]

May 12, 2025| 5 min Read

Data Management

How ASC 958-205 and UPMIFA Enhance Endowment Transparency

April 15, 2025| 4 min Read

Compliance

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

April 3, 2025| 4 min Read

Grants Strategy

Types of Grants That Every Nonprofit Should Know

March 21, 2025| 9 min Read

Donor Stewardship

Build Trust by Integrating Your Fundraising and Finance Systems

March 10, 2025| 5 min Read

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    Audits

    What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know About Financial Audits

    The term “audit” tends to strike fear into the hearts of organizational leaders and individual taxpayers alike. Most likely, the [...]

    February 28, 2025 | 5 min Read

    Budgeting

    Your New Budgeting Superpower: Program-Based Budgeting

    As a nonprofit finance leader, you are constantly aware of the many different pulls on your funding availability. One program [...]

    February 27, 2025 | 5 min Read

    Internal Controls

    Managing Your Operating Reserves During and After an Emergency

    A strong operating reserve in a time of crisis helps everyone focus on helping the people who need to be [...]

    February 14, 2025 | 4 min Read

     

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    Compliance

    Why Accurate Payroll and Time Allocation Is Crucial for Your Nonprofit Grant Reporting

    As a nonprofit finance professional, you want all your data to be accurate. And payroll and grant reporting are two [...]

    February 13, 2025 | 4 min Read

    Risk Management

    Planning for Uncertainty: What Federally Funded Organizations Can Do Now and Be Prepared for Next

    Federal funding is a critical source of revenue for many nonprofits, healthcare foundations, higher education institutions, and other organizations. Changes [...]

    February 6, 2025 | 7 min Read

    Fund Accounting

    Best Practices for Mitigating Fraud in Not-for-Profit Organizations

    An estimated $557 billion was donated by individuals, foundations, and corporations to charities in the United States in 2023. Regardless [...]

    February 5, 2025 | 4 min Read

    Data Health

    Strategies for Nonprofits Affected by QuickBooks Tag Depreciation

    QuickBooks is depreciating the tags functionality in their accounting software starting March 8. If your nonprofit has chosen to use [...]

    February 4, 2025 | 3 min Read

    Process Automation

    60-Day Guide to Launching Your Fund Accounting Extensibility Project

    Having a fund accounting system can significantly streamline your finance function. You have automation, workflows, and dashboards immediately after implementation. [...]

    February 3, 2025 | 6 min Read

    Fund Accounting

    Don’t Make These Common Mistakes When Filing Your Form 990

    Your tax-exempt status may keep you from having to file traditional tax returns, but maintaining the designation comes with its [...]

    February 1, 2025 | 4 min Read

    Budgeting

    How to Evaluate a New Revenue Stream

    You see the writing on the wall. Your revenue is overly dependent on a handful of major donors or a [...]

    January 13, 2025 | 3 min Read

    Fund Accounting

    Operating Reserves as a Key Indicator of Financial Health

    Just as the gauges on a car’s dashboard provide crucial information about its performance and physical condition, operating reserves serve [...]

    January 9, 2025 | 5 min Read

    Financial Reporting

    How to Develop Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves

    There is no single correct solution – one size simply does not fit all when it comes to setting the amount for operating reserves.

    January 9, 2025 | 4 min Read

    Data Insights

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

    As a nonprofit organization, which factor do you believe best showcases the success of your mission? As with many multiple-choice [...]

    December 30, 2024 | 5 min Read
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    Fund Accounting

    3 Signs Your Organization Needs a Nonprofit Accounting System

    When your nonprofit is just getting started, your budget for an accounting system is likely very close to $0. Those [...]

    December 23, 2024 | 3 min Read
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