NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 19, 2022

During the past year, nonprofit leaders turned to the Nonprofit Leadership Center for resources and support to strengthen their organizations and communities. Financial Management for Nonprofits: The Role of the Nonprofit Finance Committee. READ ARTICLE. Why is it important to have a DEI committee?

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 26, 2025

Because of this duality, nonprofit employees are particularly vulnerable to milesnla 2025-02-18T13:40:11-06:00 5 Common Misconceptions (& Realities) About Nonprofit Audits milesnla 2025-02-18T13:40:11-06:00 February 18, 2025 | 0 Comments Its no secret that effective financial management is critical for nonprofits to thrive.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 14, 2021

I recently spoke with Tosha Anderson of The Charity CFO and A Modern Nonprofit Podcast about the importance of marketing and branding in the nonprofit sector. Need help understanding nonprofit finances? Check out her site!

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 31, 2022

When the pandemic hit, our nonprofit changed everything about the way we work—overnight—and spent the year testing, failing, and trying again. The post Download Spreadsheet: Forecasting Nonprofit Finances & Pivoting Programs in a Crisis appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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The Charity CFO

AUGUST 24, 2022

Managing a nonprofit’s finances is not a one-person job. Sure, your financial team– your bookkeeper, accountant, and CFO (if you have one)–take the lead role in managing your finances. The high-performing organizations we work with all ensure that nonprofit financial management is a collaborative effort.

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The Charity CFO

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Financial managers often work closely with the organization’s executive director to ensure that the organization’s financial needs are met and help drive best financial practices within the organization. They handle all payroll and accounting functions and manage investments and fundraising efforts. Why this is important.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Guest Blog by Jon Osterburg of Jitasa In recent years, “sustainability” has become a buzzword for many fields and practices, and nonprofit finances are no exception. Financial sustainability means that your nonprofit has both the foundation and momentum to fund your operations year-round while working toward future expansion.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 18, 2023

READ ARTICLE Other Popular Topics In addition to new content from 2023, nonprofit professionals continued to rely on these articles and online resources from the Nonprofit Leadership Center: 7 Traits of Emotionally Intelligent Leaders How to Calculate the Value of Volunteer Time 6 Traits of Inclusive Leadership Financial Management for Nonprofits: (..)

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Nonprofit Megaphone

JUNE 23, 2022

Whether you need to take some simple steps to solidify your financial management approach or completely overhaul it, your organization will be able to accomplish more for your mission when you’ve fine-tuned your strategy. In this guide, we’ll cover the core elements of healthy nonprofit financial management.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 22, 2022

In this guide, we’ll dive into ten common internal controls implemented by nonprofits and how they’re used to protect the organization’s finances and ensure effective financial management. Generally, they’re segregated into four categories: Financial managers or leadership. Let’s dive into the first one!

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The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 23, 2024

As a nonprofit leader, you’re constantly looking for ways to streamline operations and maximize resources. When it comes to managing your organization’s workforce, you have two primary options: traditional payroll services or a Professional Employer Organization (PEO).

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 24, 2024

Effective financial management is essential for any organization. No matter your purpose, well-managed finances yield data-driven insights that allow those in financial positions to plan and achieve the organization’s goals. Your advocacy group’s leadership can also help ensure each policy aligns with compliance standards.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 2, 2024

Managing your nonprofit’s finances is about more than just raising money and recording what you earn and spend. This means it’s crucial not only to manage your organization’s reserve funds well but also to stay aware of the current financial best practices and trends in the nonprofit sector.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In this guide, we’ll explore how to manage payroll for your staff. The first step to effectively manage staff payroll is to gain a holistic understanding of your employees’ efforts and compensation. This data is crucial to effective financial management and nonprofit compliance, especially for annual filings such as Form 990.

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The Charity CFO

JUNE 10, 2022

Your finance committee spends the most time analyzing and studying your nonprofit’s numbers, yet your entire board of directors is responsible for financial oversight. Doing so helps you ensure your team truly understands your finances and can help you do your job more effectively. Get the free guide!

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The Charity CFO

MAY 18, 2022

According to the National Council of Nonprofits , the board has a responsibility to “steer the organization towards a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies.”. And they create a lot of confusion for people new to the nonprofit sector. Financial sustainability.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

They will have good advice about ways to structure your nonprofit finances responsibly. Today, nonprofit leaders have access to software, like a donor database , that can help them reach their funding goals. New nonprofits sometimes think software is a luxury when it’s as important as having a Wi-Fi connection.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A minority of nonprofits have more than six months of cash in reserve, according to reports like the Nonprofit Finance Fund’s State of the Sector ; many have less than three months of operating reserves on hand. percent of annual operating expenses. The benefits here were two-fold.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 3, 2024

TOPA, in particular, is being emulated across the country as a tool that helps tenants, with nonprofit financing and technical assistance support, to come together and preserve affordability by becoming owners themselves, either through a limited-equity cooperative or nonprofit structure. But how does this work?

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Bloomerang

JULY 9, 2021

7% nonprofit board engagement is not enough! Do your nonprofit’s financial reports speak to the full board? Can everyone in management engage with them and understand key information? So … how will you make sure the other 93% at your nonprofit get engaged?

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Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

Associate Product Manager Wikimedia Foundation (San Francisco, CA). Business Development Manager Nonprofit Finance Fund (New York, NY). Communications Manager—PT Lemur Conservation Foundation (Myakka City, FL). Communications Manager—PT Melville Charitable Trust (Boston, MA). Twin Cities, MN).

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Bloomerang

MAY 27, 2021

A pre-pandemic study by the Urban Institute – a research center based in Washington DC – also found eighty percent of nonprofits relied on volunteers, but did not have the knowledge to engage and adequately manage them effectively.

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The Agitator

JUNE 13, 2013

Lean on the AFP and DMA to use their muscle on behalf of honest nonprofits and fundraisers like you. Advocate for regulations that both reflect the strategic realities of nonprofit finance and refuse to tolerate fraud. Participate on boards, convene advisory panels and attend conference events that address these issues.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution. Generate groundbreaking findings on fundraising, volunteers, equity, and management. million from sham charities and redirected funds to legitimate groups.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Why This Fundraising App Made Our List The Bloomerang app is designed to support donor management from wherever you are. With both nonprofit-facing and donor-facing technology, they make it easy to manage all aspects of your next event right from your phone.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Separately, the same ally had reached out to Chordata Capital , an anticapitalist wealth management firm that had already mobilized funds for community-based projects in Puerto Rico via its network, connected through the same person. The value of relationships In nonprofit financing, relationships play a pivotal, often understated, role.

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Lets Talk Nonprofit

MAY 7, 2014

And, honestly, I think a lot of nonprofits ask people to serve on their boards, often not fully understanding - and therefore, not clearly communicating - the. responsibilities that the board members have in the management, oversight and success of the organization. Board members are legally responsible for your nonprofit.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 27, 2023

Nonprofit budget. Yet a budget is a critical tool in managing your organization. And way too many small nonprofits operate without one. A nonprofit budget can bring so many positives: Finances are much easier to manage because you know what expenses and revenue to expect. Not everyone’s favorite topic.

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 5, 2022

Management and General Administration – This category includes most of what you’d call “overhead costs.” If you want to report your functional expenses properly AND always have audit-ready financial reports at your disposal, an experienced nonprofit accountant can help.

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

How does a nonprofit manage its money? One of the most important board members for a nonprofit is the treasurer. The treasurer role encompasses a wide array of responsibilities, mainly concerning financial management and oversight.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Practice Risk Management Things that might be a headache in times of financial stability can become a disaster in times of scarcity. Therefore, experts at the Nonprofit Risk Management Center recommend taking stock of everything that could go wrong and trying to prepare for it as best as possible. What about a natural disaster?

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The Charity CFO

JULY 29, 2024

The effectiveness of a nonprofit’s finance committee can be a major factor in an organization’s success. An effective, engaged committee helps the organization proactively and effectively manage its finances to advance its mission. Are you worried your finance committee isn’t as effective as it should be?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I’m talking about the importance of building a savings plan into your existing financial management strategy. . Tip : I’ve heard from nonprofit leaders that nonprofits shouldn’t save money in this way; they believe that money on hand should be used to fund direct services today , not secure the nonprofit’s future interests.

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NC Nonprofit

MAY 28, 2024

Practically, this gives GovOps the authority to impose extremely burdensome information requests on nonprofits for almost any reason. The Center is continuing to research the practical implications of this new legislative investigative authority for nonprofits with state grants, contracts, and appropriations.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 8, 2020

For the next two years, I continued to reflect on my nonprofit experience and talk with colleagues still in the sector. Sometime in 2015, it occurred to me that if nonprofit finance was more strategically approached, and if boards and staff alike were more educated and open about money, the space could be radically different.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 13, 2016

In the grant world, you face an expansive world to find foundations who will support you, but knowing how to navigate the seamlessly endless possibilities can make the application process a lot easier to manage. The information included in the last category can greatly assist you in your grant search.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Fundraising data management perspective (year in which the gift was generated). . Finance office perspective (year in which the gifts are logged as receivables. Fundraising Data Management Perspective. Donor perspective (for tax deduction purposes) . Donor Perspective. The donor cares about when they can claim a deduction.

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