Building sustainable nonprofits
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Charting Sustainability: Navigating the Path for Nonprofit Organizations
Sustainability can be a foundation of strategic blueprints, empowering NFPs to uphold principles while actively contributing to community and general well-being.
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Is Your Foundation’s Data Dirty? Here’s How to Clean It Up
Dirty data can lead to inaccurate reporting, poor decision-making, and wasted resources. Join our webinar to review some common challenges and solutions.
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Navigating Revenue Uncertainty: A Strategic Approach for Nonprofits
In the ever-evolving nonprofit landscape, uncertainty is a constant companion. Explore how nonprofits can adapt to the shifting sources of revenue streams.
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Compliance and Transparency: Managing Interfund Transactions in Nonprofits
There are several critical data points you should be tracking to properly manage your interfund accounts. Learn why the process is important.
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A Quick Review of Rules for Political and Lobbying Activities
Special thanks to Lisa Ryssel, who contributed significantly to this blog. Organizations that are tax-exempt pursuant to IRC Section 501(c)(3) must comply with IRS rules and regulations regarding political and lobbying activities. Understanding these rules can help nonprofits safeguard their tax benefits and promote transparency while addressing ethical considerations and mitigating reputational and legal risks. […]
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Managing Execution Risk: From Vision to Reality in Nonprofit Finance
From CLA’s Stacey Johnson: Whether running for office, or running an organization, where people rely on us for executing a mission, our decisions matter. How we make those decisions requires a strong team, which often includes bringing trusted consultants into our corner for both expertise and experience.
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Recording: Cash Management and Cash Modeling for Nonprofits
This web recording encourages nonprofit leaders to take an unflinching look at their current fiscal state, consider all the options needed to find a path through the current crisis, and let their mission and values guide thoughtful and effective choices.
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What’s the Right Price for Nonprofit Mission?
Presenting a line-item budget to a potential funder is the equivalent of pricing the work at cost. It reduces the value of the work and the important mission it represents to time and materials. The danger of representing a nonprofit financial story this way is that we too often do an incomplete job of capturing the true costs associated with the work.
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Elegant Allocations in Nonprofit Accounting
The point of taking the time to design an elegant accounting system is not only simplicity, it is power – decision-making power. For nonprofits, we strengthen our decision making when we can see the whole truth about our programs and their finances.