Solving the Quiet Problem: Turning Your CHC’s New Financial Infrastructure into True Cost Intelligence
You wisely used Rural Health Transformation Program dollars to build a modern data warehouse and business intelligence layer for your community health [...]
Scenario Planning for Nonprofits: How to Build Action Plans for Financial Risks
Uncertainty is a way of life for many nonprofit organizations. A major funder shifts priorities. Service demand changes. Enrollment moves. [...]
Budget vs. Forecast for Nonprofits: Why You Need Both
You have a budget. It felt right when you built it. It was approved with buy-in from across your organization. [...]
Your Nonprofit Accounting Single Source of Truth Only Works When People Can Actually Use It
The board asks a simple question. “How much do we have in unrestricted?” You give a number. Then development gives [...]
Give Finance Back Its Time: How Self-Service Reporting Helps Your Organization Move Faster
If you work in nonprofit finance, you’ve probably experienced one or more of these questions: A budget manager needs a [...]
What Are Admin Expenses?
Employee salaries, purchasing office supplies, and paying the electric bill so the lights keep working are all examples of the admin costs.
The CHC CFO Playbook: Turning the $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Program into Real-Time Financial Intelligence
If you oversee the finances for a community health center, you are acutely aware of how Medicaid is changing with [...]
GAAP for Nonprofits: Why the Numbers Differ and How to Explain the Gap to Your Board
Have you ever had your board members scratch their collective heads when the development and finance teams report their results? Do you get questions on why the two never match up?
Signs Your Systems Are Broken (And You’ve Just Learned to Live with It)
We all know that CFO. Sharp, experienced, good at their job, and the crown jewel of their department is a [...]
Forecasts Don’t Have to be Perfect to be Powerful: Four Truths to Help Nonprofit Leaders Forecast Consistently
Cash flow is the number that keeps nonprofit executive directors up at night, and for good reason. According to the [...]