Are You Still Saying, “There Has to Be a Better Way?” in Your Finance Operations?
We’ve all been there: squinting at Sheet7 of an Excel workbook, wondering if the formula you just wrote conjured a [...]
Hiring a Fractional CFO for Nonprofits: What Your Organization Should Consider Before You Press Go
Nonprofit leaders often grapple with achieving their mission while maintaining financial stability. Limited budgets, complex grant requirements, and fluctuating revenue [...]
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 [...]
How Savvy Organizations Weather Uncertain Times
Preparing for the unknown is a tenant of leadership in today’s ever-changing economic, political, and cultural landscape—and those who know [...]
The Importance of Financial Agility in K–12 Private Schools (and How to Get It)
As part of the leadership of a K–12 private school, it often feels like you are the captain of a [...]
Conflict of Interest Guidelines Every Grantmaker Should Follow
Humans are complicated creatures. While, as grantmakers, you see a lot of amazing work humans do every day, you also [...]
4 Common Pitfalls in the Grant Review Process (and How to Avoid Them)
Even when your grant review process involves internal staff or people who have reviewed applications before, it can still be [...]
How to Prepare Your Grantmaking for Economic Uncertainty (and Why Now is Different)
Recessions are part of the economic cycle, but that doesn’t mean anyone in philanthropy is excited to see a potential [...]
