Tony Martignetti

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Two finance and audit pros walk us through six key metrics that anyone can understand, and that reveal the true state of your financial … Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for October 16, 2023: Financial Literacy For Your C-Suite & Board → It also protects the people filling those roles. It also protects the people filling those roles.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Getting your programs off the ground, ensuring legal compliance, recruiting staff and volunteers, and correctly managing your nonprofit’s finances can be daunting. This solution can help save finances while ensuring you have an expert on your team. When starting your new organization, you’re bound to run into some challenges.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By integrating fundraising and finance systems, information flows easily from gift records to journal entries, saving time, reducing the risk of fraud, and simplifying audits. Here’s how a connected fundraising and finance system can simplify reconciliation for nonprofit organizations, and what it would look like in practice.

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Blackbaud

AUGUST 20, 2024

There are several exciting times of the year for nonprofit finance professionals—budget season, audits, year-end close. They will discuss the importance of having both your development and finances teams involved in donor stewardship. Reporting is a key part of any finance professional’s role.

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Tony Martignetti

JANUARY 14, 2024

Bryan Shane: Performance Measurement There’s a systematic method for you to get feedback on your nonprofit’s finances; programs, clients; and employees. It’s both art and science. Bryan Shane explains this management and decision-making tool. He’s co-author of the book, “The Leadership-Driven Method to Performance Measurement.”

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

To help ensure each grant drives meaningful change, this guide will explore ways grant management influences your nonprofits finances and how to optimize the process for greater impact. The post 4 Ways Effective Grant Management Impacts Nonprofit Finances appeared first on DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In it, include guidance on gift acceptance, conflicts of interest, expense reimbursement, and staff compensation, among other aspects of nonprofit finance. According to Jitasa , most nonprofits start out using the cash accounting method to track their finances—i.e., Methodology. Chief financial officer (CFO).

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 12, 2024

Download this report for new data, trends and insights from 1,000 nonprofit leaders on the state of nonprofit operations, fundraising strategies, automation and mission impact.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Finance plays a crucial role in building a sustainable and scalable funding strategy. Finance professionals can provide key insights into risk analysis, financial forecasting, and performance measurement, ensuring each new revenue stream supports your long-term sustainability and growth. The good news?

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Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Finance departments and CFOs often focus on project management—which is the technical side of change—making sure all the boxes are checked, and everyone moves along the Gantt chart in an orderly fashion. Here are four ways leveraging change management strategies can help you build a sustainable transformation for your nonprofit finance team.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Integrating finance and fundraising systems is crucial for organizations to achieve long-term success. Bridging the Gap: Aligning Fundraising and Finance for Greater Success guide walks you through how embracing alignment empowers organizations to focus on their mission and maximize impact.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 28, 2024

The philanthropist asked women leaders to take part in distributing some of the funds, and she's financing a competition to attract new ideas to improve female health worldwide.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 12, 2024

The hiring crunch is taking place as fewer students choose to major in accounting and pursue finance careers. By Eden Stiffman The hiring crunch is taking place as fewer students choose to major in accounting and pursue finance careers. Nonprofit CFO work has also become more complex and demanding.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 27, 2024

Nonprofits faced an immediate shift to digital operations during the pandemic. Cloud-based systems enabled staff to maintain productivity during lockdowns, prompting a rapid digital transformation.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A good finance team will make sure bills are paid on time, reports are accurate, and the Board of Directors has access to the current financial statements. A good finance team will help you stay where you are. A good finance team will help you stay where you are. A world-class finance department will help you evolve.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 30, 2024

We'll highlight features, benefits, and how they can streamline your organization’s finances and help you focus on your mission. Looking for top-notch accounting software for your nonprofit without breaking the bank? Explore the best free options available.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

By Alex Daniels In a potentially widespread error, the agency sent tax-return data for nonprofits that apparently misreports organizations' 2022 finances. The glitch could pose a barrier for charities seeking to secure donations or government grants.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Develop a more accurate overall budget In collaboration with your organization’s finance committee, create a more accurate overall budget by using project or program-based budgets. Utilize a dashboard to communicate financial updates A dashboard is a helpful tool for board members and staff to stay abreast of the organization’s finances.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 23, 2023

By Michelle Legaspi Sánchez Leaders should analyze finances, collaborate when possible, and communicate clearly and frequently with stakeholders, among other steps to steady a nonprofit’s course through choppy economic waters.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

billion for affordable housing finance and directly supported over 236,000 families to build or improve their homes. Habitat for Humanity International unveiled the next phase of its MicroBuild initiative, which has helped to mobilize $1.22 It is estimated that 2.8

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 9, 2023

To aid nonprofit organizations in safeguarding their stakeholders' information, Info-Tech Research Group, a global IT research and advisory firm, has released its latest industry blueprint, "Strengthen Your Nonprofit's Privacy and Security Operations."

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 25, 2023

By Eden Stiffman IF/THEN® Collection The TV series “Mission Unstoppable,” which Lyda Hill Philanthropies financed and helped develop, is aimed at girls ages 12 to 17 and features women succeeding in STEM careers. It’s been nominated for multiple Emmy awards.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 31, 2023

By Sara Herschander Spending cuts the federal government is considering come at a time when the uncertain economy is making fundraising tough, leading one prominent nonprofit expert to reach a breaking point.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 27, 2024

Examine how modern technology continues to shift finance from a “scorekeeper” role to a “value driver” role. Finance teams will lead the way in sustaining funding, strengthening stewardship, and maximizing impact.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 23, 2023

and other cities are gaining recognition and financing for the community-based programs to reduce shootings. By Sono Motoyama Lee Klafczynski for The Chronicle With community organizing and savvy advocacy, grassroots nonprofits in Birmingham, Ala., Oakland, Calif.,

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Blackbaud

JULY 3, 2024

A Director of Finance at a nonprofit shared this sentiment with us during our research on the value of AI in fund accounting. What Do Nonprofit Finance Professionals Want from AI? These finance functions require a high level of accuracy, attention to detail, and analytical skills. The future of nonprofit accounting is analysis.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 4, 2023

By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images Personal finances and inflation are weakening people’s confidence.

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GiveSmart

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Our nonprofit software suite helps nonprofit finance and development teams collaborate more easily, track donations more efficiently, and tell their story more effectively.” Replace manual data input with an automated approach streamlining workflows between finance and development departments.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The finance office needs to know because it can't pay the bills with air. As a major gifts officer, the primary question asked is, essentially, “How’s the money coming in?” The goal you made also set an expectation that a certain amount of money would come in. So, it is a fair question.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

billion in new financing to reduce climate impacts, especially from agriculture, and increasing help for vulnerable communities. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Kamran Jebreili/AP Activists demonstrate for rural people, food, land, and climate justice at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 20, 2022

Community leaders detail increased demand, how they're adapting, and what they need now in the Nonprofit Finance Fund's "2022 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey.".

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Despite opposition from a wide range of nonprofits, lawmakers in the U.S. House passed a bill designed to give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism. By Alex Daniels Architect of the Capitol Despite opposition from a wide range of nonprofits, lawmakers in the U.S.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 11, 2023

Andrew Harnik/AP FedEx founder Fred Smith is giving proceeds from the film “Devotion,” which he financed, in part for scholarships for the children of Navy service members studying STEM. He financed the production of the film Devotion, about two Navy pilots in the Korean War. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press.

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Blackbaud

MAY 14, 2024

So, you apply for and land a role leading the finance team at a nonprofit. From the goal of your organization to how finances are managed, it’s important to understand how for-profit accounting and nonprofit accounting differ so you can help drive success for your new organization. Your focus is financing your mission.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 16, 2021

A meeting started out negatively with the finance person saying that a personal relationship with a donor doesn’t really count – it doesn’t positively affect the retention or contribution of that donor. Now, to be fair, he didn’t exactly say it that way.

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Planned Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to Forbes Magazine, here are the top five New Year’s resolutions for 2024: Improved fitness: 48% Improved finances: 38% Improve mental health: 36% Lose weight: 34% Improved diet: 32% Here’s an easier way to look at this… 1, 4 and 5 go together. If you improve mental health, finances will follow.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 11, 2022

Whether it manifests itself through a dwindling regular contribution, a shift in finances, a loss of inspiration, event support or an unforeseen reason, a once-enthusiastic financial contributor may come to a point where they’re just not as interested as they used to be. Donor fatigue is a slow burn.

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