Beyond Overhead: How to Use Nonprofit Financial Data to Make Smarter Giving Decisions
For years, donors and nonprofit evaluators alike have relied on a seemingly straightforward number to guide their charitable giving: the [...]
Understanding Contribution Revenue Recognition: What You Need to Know for FASB Compliance
A major donor just pledged a significant gift to fund a new science building at your college, and your development [...]
Hiring a Fractional CFO for Nonprofits: What Your Organization Should Consider
Nonprofit leaders often grapple with achieving their mission while maintaining financial stability. Limited budgets, complex grant requirements, and fluctuating revenue [...]
How USC Foundations Achieved Digital Transformation: A Step-by-Step Guide to a Paperless Finance Office
The journey to digital transformation doesn’t happen overnight. At USC Foundations, it happened one smart, intentional step at a time. [...]
Nonprofit Accounting vs. For-Profit Accounting: How They Are Different and Why Nonprofits Should Care
Accounting is an essential part of any ongoing enterprise. It is the meticulous process of recording and organizing financial transactions [...]
Understanding Endowments: Purpose, Protection, and Stewardship
Endowments are a vital part of how many organizations and universities thrive, yet they’re often misunderstood. Like many financial instruments [...]
How a Segmented Chart of Accounts Reduces Errors in Your Nonprofit Accounting
To be part of a modern nonprofit financial office is to witness fingers flying over keyboards as your team enters [...]
Understanding Nonprofit Overhead: Strategies for Transparency and Efficiency in 2025
Most nonprofit finance teams have been taught to keep their overhead costs buried deep within their financial statements. But recent [...]
4 Nonprofit Financial Statements and How to Create Them
Effective financial management equips you to make the most of your nonprofit’s limited resources. To produce meaningful reports to help [...]
Stewardship Reporting Best Practices for Finance Teams: Tips for Showing Donor Impact
Sharing your organization’s impact goes beyond presenting figures—it’s about cultivating trust, highlighting outcomes, and nurturing meaningful connections with donors. For [...]
