Audits

Kicking Off a Virtual Audit

As we trend towards a sense of normalcy in 2022, the convenience and cost savings of remote audits are here [...]

Fund Accounting

Building Connections Between Finance & Development

How can finance and fundraising departments better work with each other? Why does it matter? Often, these disparate personalities find [...]

Budgeting

Ask the Experts: Simple Budgeting for Community Health Centers

Federal grants complicate the budgeting process. You have to consider a lot of different scenarios, and you don’t have any [...]

Donor Management

Don’t Get Lost in Translation: What Finance Needs from the Development System

Nonprofit financial reporting is the responsibility of the finance team. But in a fundraising organization, Finance is heavily dependent on [...]

Financial Reporting

Solving the Plight of Church Bookkeepers with Financial Edge NXT

Gail Burdette works tirelessly as the bookkeeper at her church. She has faithfully served on the church staff for 27 [...]

Budgeting

Preparing for Budget Shifts

There’s always something that can throw your organization’s budget off track. Some crises are worse than others – the COVID-19 [...]

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 177: Storytelling with Financials

Learn how to communicate your social good organization's financials with transparency and impact to staff, board members, donors and other stakeholders.

Change Management

Top Ten Reasons to Streamline Your Grant Cycle with Automated Processes

With healthcare in a constant state of change, it’s hard to keep up. Stacy Fitzsimmons addresses strategies that all nonprofits, including Federally Qualified Health Centers, can promptly implement to their grant cycle to make their workdays more efficient and more focused on helping patients.  

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 163: Prepping for a Virtual Audit

Many social good organizations will be having virtual audits this year. Learn how to best prepare for a virtual audit and set your nonprofit up for success.

Fund Accounting

The Nonprofit Accounting Cheat Sheet

From the basics to the nuances of accounting in the cloud, The Nonprofit Accounting Cheat Sheet is your guide to a heartache-free fund accounting experience.

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 147: Diving Into the CARES Act with Independent Sector

Ben Kershaw of Independent Sector joins the podcast to share information on the what and how of the CARES Act.

Public Policy

Breaking Down the CARES Act: How the New Stimulus Bill Could Provide Relief for Social Good Organizations

Learn how your organization can get help from the CARES Act (H.R. 748) during the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]

Compliance

The 2020 Foundations Excise Tax Regulations – What You Need to Know

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act imposed an excise tax on certain excess compensation paid by some tax-exempt organizations. Learn how Section 4960 of the IRS Code will affect foundations.

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 135: Accountable Impact: A Model for Sustainable Mission Growth

This excerpt from a bbcon 2019 panel features insights from the 2019 Accountability Study and best practices on how to drive support for your mission and adopt accountable impact.