Ann Green

MAY 5, 2025

With all the economic uncertainty right now, you may be worried about your nonprofits finances. Invest in a good CRM/database Plain and simple, a good CRM (customer relationship management)/database can help you raise more money. Maybe your giving has gone down and youve cut back on some expenses.

Retention

Top Nonprofits

JULY 3, 2025

It’s no secret that effective financial management is critical to your nonprofit’s long-term success. From properly allocating revenue to thinking critically about costs and building reserve funds , managing your resources allows your organization to first work toward financial stability, then plan for future growth.

Finance

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 3, 2025

Crowdfunding campaigns are an opportunity to quickly secure funding for a major new initiative at your nonprofit. However, theyre also a test of your organizations management abilities , marketing capabilities, and technology. 4 Things to Know First appeared first on Nonprofit Leadership Alliance.

Construction

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 6, 2025

The #1 choice for nonprofits No matter your size, Sage has a solution to help you unlock your potential. Find a data-driven financial management solution with industry-specific functionality for your nonprofit. The post Sage Intacct built to elevate nonprofit finance and operations appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

Nonprofit Finance

NonProfit Hub

MAY 6, 2025

The Role of the Board in Nonprofit Financial Oversight Your board takes on many tasks to ensure your organization runs smoothly. One of their top responsibilities is assisting with financial management. Help your board execute its essential role in overseeing your nonprofits finances and keeping your organization afloat.

Finance

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Posters at the conference highlighted that the first OFN conference in 1985 attracted 21 community development loan funds with a combined $27 million in assets under management. Between 2014 and 2022 alone, assets under management in the CDFI sector expanded more than sevenfold. billion in assets by 2022.

Community Development

The Charity CFO

MAY 13, 2025

Top 5 Signs Your Accounting Is a Mess (And How to Fix It) When your nonprofits finances feel offbut you cant quite put your finger on whyits often because the accounting system is quietly unraveling behind the scenes. Hire a reliable accountant or outsourced firm to manage your filings. And dont forget payroll.

Finance

The Charity CFO

APRIL 1, 2025

WHATS INSIDE: 6 PILLARS OF NONPROFIT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT The 30 points in The Charity CFO Financial Blueprint are grouped into six essential categorieseach representing a core component of sustainable nonprofit finance. Should you share your organizations finances with your broader team? If so, whenand how?

Finance

Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2025

If you’re unsure about the best strategy, create a gift acceptance policy and consult with a nonprofit finance advisor to ensure alignment with your organization’s financial strategy and risk tolerance. Instead, consider strategic cash management or investment of your reserves to generate additional revenue.

Public and Nonprofit Management

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).

Nonprofit Administration and Development

NonProfit Hub

JULY 8, 2025

My role quickly developed into one where I “wore many hats”, including crafting email communications, managing peer-to-peer campaigns, writing grants, attending community events and organizing special events. As widespread as these tasks were, they all had one thing in common: storytelling.

Ethics

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 25, 2025

Unlike operational grants, which typically support current programs and administrative needs, enterprise capital is funding that is focused specifically on helping nonprofits build the organizational infrastructure to engage in long-term, high-impact, systems-change work, while growing financial resilience.

Social Enterprise

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 10, 2025

To discover your donors’ favorite types of events, analyze the following data from your constituent relationship management system (CRM): Past event attendance: Compare the number of guests who attended different events. Have you attracted more support with online or in-person events?

Fundraising

NonProfit Hub

JULY 15, 2025

Provide instructions for managing the event website, sharing donation links, running the event’s raffle , and thanking donors. Here are some must-haves for your toolkit: Event Overview: Include the date, location, goals, pertinent contact info, and the “why” behind the event. Keep it snappy but informative. Fundraising How-Tos.

Fundraising

Anedot

JUNE 9, 2025

Primary responsibilities include day-to-day oversight and responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing all financial-related activities including accounting, payroll, finance, and forecasting. Support the ongoing growth of the organization through effective change management practice.

Public and Nonprofit Management

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2025

The United Way of Rhode Island is also doubling down on its support for nonprofits by expanding their grantmaking, as well as offering legal supports to help nonprofits navigate the new regulatory environment, assistance in fund development and revenue generation, and financial management.

Nonprofit Administration and Development

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Nonprofit leaders are invited to Beyond the Ledger: Nonprofit Finance Summit, a free virtual event on March 13. Earn free CPE credit, network with other finance leaders and get inspiration to optimize strategic planning, reporting, grant management and accounting operations.

Nonprofit Finance

The Charity CFO

MAY 31, 2022

It’s a myth that all stakeholders need to be experts in every aspect of nonprofit finances. Even on nonprofit financial committees, some members may be skilled in accounting, others in banking, and others in investing or financial analysis. Because the basics of nonprofit finances are easy to grasp. .

Nonprofit Finance

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?

Public and Nonprofit Management

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.

Nonprofit Finance

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!

Marketing

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.

Management

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.

Nonprofit Finance

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.

Management

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: (..)

Nonprofit Leadership

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.

Nonprofit Finance

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!

Finance

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.

Management

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!

Finance

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.

Finance

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.

Management

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.

Public and Nonprofit Management

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.

Nonprofit governance and management

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?

Values

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?

Nonprofits

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).

Communication

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.

Ethics