Preparing for Your School or Nonprofit Financial Audit: Identifying Risks and Establishing Strong Internal Controls
The annual audit is often viewed as a chore.This blog post shares expert advice on how to prepare by targeting risks and measuring performance and compliance.
3 Ways Expense Management Can Help Your Nonprofit Close Its Books Faster
Can your nonprofit confidently say you are successfully closing the books on time every month—or even most months? As someone [...]
4 Reasons Why Government Agencies Need Fund Accounting Software
As a government agency, your team is used to doing more with less. But just because your accounting is complicated—with [...]
5 Advantages of Grants Management Software
The person who coined the term “cat herding” may have been a grants manager. From applications to reviews to reporting, [...]
Trends in Grantmaking: Don’t Leave Your Foundation’s Impact Story to Chance
If a grantmaking organization creates a funding opportunity, but there is no way for anyone to hear about it, does [...]
5 Questions about Calculating Your Indirect Cost Rates
Nonprofit organizations are beginning to use indirect costs more frequently in their budgeting processes, whether or not they are pursuing [...]
Best Practices for Protecting Your K–12 School from Cyber Security Threats
Malicious cyber activity is on the rise worldwide. In private K–12 schools, foreign cybercriminals, school vendors, employees, and even students [...]
The 990: From Compliance to Communication
Only 10% of philanthropic foundations have a website to communicate their work. Here at Candid, we’ve been tracking those statistics [...]
How Your Organization’s Charitable Arm Can Manage Restricted Funds to Grow Your Stewardship
Imagine starting a road trip and not knowing how much gas you had in the tank. You might be able [...]
Safeguarding Against Pranksters in K–12 Virtual Classrooms
During this unprecedented time, K–12 private schools are demonstrating their remarkable resilience by making the transition to distance learning in [...]
