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The Finance Committee and Nonprofit Financial Management Tips

The Charity CFO

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.

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Getting Federal Money to Communities: A Story from Puerto Rico

NonProfit Quarterly

CRH’s salvation eventually came in the form of a collaborative approach, pivoting toward a combination of emergency funding provided by a small family foundation; a nonprofit, non-extractive loan fund; a third-party investment firm; and a coalition of Latinx community development financial institutions (CDFIs).

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Understanding Functional Expenses for Nonprofits

The Charity CFO

Functional expense reporting confuses many first-time nonprofit bookkeepers and executives. But, because most for-profit companies don’t track functional expenses, they’re just not familiar with it. But it is need-to-know-information in the nonprofit world. But it’s not because it’s complicated.

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501(c)(3) Checklist: Preparing for Nonprofit Status

Top Nonprofits

This means that if you host a fundraising event, sell products, or charge registration fees for events to raise money for your organization without registering, you’ll be considered non-compliant. Establish internal controls to protect your nonprofit’s finances and ensure the responsible use of donations.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences, both large and small, broad and specialized, here in the U.S. Nonprofit Management. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Nonprofit Management / @BoardSource. Nonprofit Management. Alliance Management Institute (AMI). 10/19/2017.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences and forums, informal trainings, and more that will be taking place all over the world, focusing on essential topics like: Nonprofit management. Nonprofit technology, and more! 2015 - 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar. Fundraising. Accounting.