Finance
Master the art of nonprofit finance. Explore a curated collection of articles, insights, and resources on budgeting, fundraising strategies, compliance, and more.
Discover practical advice and expert tips to effectively manage your organization’s finances and maximize your impact.
Contract Wizardry: Conjuring Impact from Government Contracts
“When you start with the needs of the community, and you’re opening to listening, you realize that doing one or two things isn’t enough.”
Only Bad Restaurants Go to Scale
We in nonprofits are good at taking on myths and sacred cows. But perhaps the least examined of these myths is the one about going to scale.
Get the Most Value from Your Audit
Audits are expensive in terms of money, staff time, and board attention. CPA Dennis Walsh tells us how to wring the most value from them.
Nonprofit Tax Quiz
In the nonprofit sector we throw around tax opinions, but here’s a chance to learn something from a 17-question quiz.
Foundation-Nonprofit “Partnerships” — Fact or Fiction?
Between foundations and nonprofits, sharing values, connections, and other support is good — but the relationship should be focused on funds.
Outsource Your Bookkeeping!
Outsourced accounting — having the accounting done by an outside person or firm — isn’t new, but it is getting a second look as nonprofits search for ways to cut office costs.
Benchmarking and Analyzing Salaries: A Fast How-To
Analyze salaries by charting salary ranges, adding benchmark salaries, and two ways to review individual salaries.
Lucky 7: The Casino Industry and Philanthropy
Is it worth going all-in on casino philanthropy? Only if you know when to lay the odds and when to take the odds.
How to Hire Your First Development Director
The only thing worse than not having fundraising staff is having bad fundraising staff.
Nonprofit Bookkeeping Test
This 21-question quiz samples from general bookkeeping knowledge as well as nonprofit bookkeeping and compliance matters. Use this assessment test as part of your hiring toolkit as well as for identifying staff training needs.