The Benefits of One Story: Communicating Financial Information to Your Nonprofit Board
The members of your nonprofit’s Board of Directors are many things: knowledgeable and successful in their areas of focus, community [...]
Modern Nonprofit Tools for Long-Term Success
When you look to donate money to a charity, what are some considerations that influence your decision? Of course, it’s [...]
3 Ways to Create Efficiencies in Your Nonprofit’s Monthly Finance Workflow
I love the saying: Where your attention goes, energy flows. We want to put our energy into the right things [...]
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 [...]
Making a Case for Calculating Your Nonprofit’s Indirect Costs
If the 500-piece puzzle you are working on only has 475 pieces, you would not only have gaps in the [...]
Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis
Operations at Headwaters Foundation for Justice, a foundation that invests in grassroots organizations across Minnesota, were humming along well. The [...]
Looking Back at 30 Years of Evolving Technology in Nonprofit Finance
Manual typewriters. Paper checks. Handwritten ledger books. A bottle of bleach at the ready for ink-inscribed mistakes. This isn’t the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
