Data Health

The Cornerstone of Financial Stability: Accounting System Setup and Data Health for Nonprofits

For nonprofits, every dollar is mission-critical, and every decision impacts lives. The finance team shoulders immense responsibility to make sure [...]

April 16, 2025| 3 min Read

Compliance

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

April 3, 2025| 4 min Read

Internal Controls

How to Develop Scalable AP Policies for Your Nonprofit

September 19, 2024| 4 min Read

Process Automation

4 Ways Automation Streamlines AP for Lean Finance Teams

December 17, 2024| 3 min Read

Internal Controls

Managing Your Operating Reserves During and After an Emergency

February 14, 2025| 4 min Read

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    Change Management

    Shifts in Nonprofit Finance: Looking Back at 30 Years of Evolving Technology

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

    January 3, 2023 | 4 min Read

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    Future of Nonprofit Finance: Cryptocurrency

    As part of the series Future of Nonprofit Finance, Blackbaud’s Sarah Curry sits down with Alex Wilson, the Co-Founder of [...]

    December 29, 2022 |19 min Listen
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    Audits

    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 [...]

    December 19, 2022 | 2 min Read

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    Diversity Equity and Inclusion

    How COVID-19 Changed the Nonprofit and Local Government Funding and Reporting Landscape

    If you’re a nonprofit or local government agency or work alongside them, there is a good chance you have seen [...]

    November 28, 2022 | 4 min Read
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    Fundraising Measurement

    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 [...]

    November 14, 2022 | 5 min Read
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    Strategic Planning

    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 [...]

    November 3, 2022 | 5 min Read

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    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 [...]

    October 13, 2022 | 4 min Read

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    Nonprofit Finance Leaders: Add these bbcon 2022 Sessions to Your Agenda

    Incorporating automation. Having more detailed reporting. Being recession-proof. If any of these topics are showing up on your nonprofit organization’s [...]

    October 11, 2022 | 4 min Read
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    Fund Accounting

    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.

    September 26, 2022 | 4 min Read
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    Change Management

    Good, Better, Best: How to Become a Tech-Powered Nonprofit

    Nonprofits operate on trust. To thrive in today’s philanthropic environment, nonprofits must demonstrate to donors and community stakeholders that their [...]

    September 8, 2022 | 5 min Read
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    Donor Management

    Got Silos in Your Nonprofit? It’s Time to Build Some Bridges!

    Meet Barbara and Alan As a nonprofit technology consultant, I spend a lot of time talking with people about their [...]

    August 22, 2022 | 5 min Read
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    Internal Controls

    Breaking Silos: Standardizing Accounting Methodologies in a Catholic Diocese

    The Catholic Church runs the largest network of private schools in the United States, with thousands of primary and secondary [...]

    July 12, 2022 | 3 min Read
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    Internal Controls

    Increasing Organizational Buy-in When Building a Culture of Strong Internal Controls

    Here are 7 practices to help your nonprofit build a string internal control system that will increase buy-in today and stand the test of time for the future.

    April 18, 2022 | 4 min Read
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    Financial Reporting

    How Nonprofits Can Build Trust with Strong Internal Controls

    Internal controls will minimize the risk of a nonprofit violating policies, regulations, and laws.

    April 14, 2022 | 5 min Read
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