How Your Nonprofit Can Break Bad Budgeting Habits
Autumn is here and many not-for-profits are starting to think about budgeting for 2023. If your budget process is on autopilot, you might want to pause and think about changing […]
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KPIs With a Financial Dashboard Can Take Your Nonprofit Where It Wants to Go
Does your board have a quick and easy way to assess your not-for-profit’s financial performance? It does if it has a dashboard with carefully chosen and up-to-date key performance indicators […]
How Codes of Ethics Share Your Nonprofit’s Values, Limit Fraud Losses
Every two years, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners releases its Report to the Nations, an occupational fraud study of for-profit, not-for-profit and government organizations. As in previous editions, the […]
If You’re Hiring, Take a Look at Veterans
Despite widespread fears of recession in recent months, hiring remains strong in the United States. Employers added 528,000 jobs in July 2022 and many organizations seeking new workers are having […]
Use Your Annual Report to Promote Your Nonprofit
Do you think about your not-for-profit’s annual report as a yearly obligation or even an unpleasant chore? If so, your annual report likely isn’t much fun to read — and […]
Is your nonprofit paying enough attention to Generation Z?
Has your nonprofit embraced Gen Z yet? Do you even know anything about Gen Z? Gen Z is spearheading social movements, volunteering for causes and making charitable donations. If your […]
Time to Review, and Possibly Revise, Your Nonprofit’s Spending Policy
A nonprofit’s spending policy is a formula that determines how much of the value of investments it will tap each year for such expenses as operating costs and capital projects. […]
Election Season is Here! Watch Your Nonprofit’s Activities
Many states have already held primary elections, and the airwaves are clogged with candidate ads. Yes, the November “mid-terms” election season has begun! So now is a good time to […]
Oversight and Controls Are Key to Limiting Fraud in Nonprofits
Recently, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) published its biannual Report to the Nations: 2022 Global Study on Occupational Fraud and Abuse. Of all the types of organizations surveyed […]
Find Your Nonprofit’s Next Leader With a Team and a Plan
A lot has happened in the past couple of years. So if your not-for-profit hasn’t conducted an executive search since before the pandemic, anticipate an altered search landscape. For example, […]
For Nonprofits, “Quid Pro Quo” Isn’t a Simple Exchange
Quid pro quo donations occur when a not-for-profit receives a payment that includes a contribution and the organization provides the donor with goods or services valued at less than the […]
Nonprofits: Tips for Getting Grants
There are thousands of grants and millions of dollars available to nonprofits from the federal government, states, foundations and other sources. Unfortunately, you can’t just ask nicely and expect to […]
