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What’s New and What’s Next: Why Your Finance Team Should Attend bbcon 2024

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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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3 Strategies to Build Your Organization’s Financial Capacity

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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. Calculating indirect costs can be challenging. But it does need to be part of a larger, intentional conversation about being a revenue-wise organization.

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7 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Build a Strong Financial Foundation in 2024

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From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Tip 2: Bring both your program and finance teams into the grant application and award process.

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Why Fund Accounting Software Beats Spreadsheets for Nonprofit Grant Reporting and Compliance

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Understand Your Indirect Costs Tracking and allocating your indirect costs is one of the most tedious aspects of grant applications and reporting. This is where tracking indirect costs directly on a grant record will guarantee you are accurately calculating reimbursements and staying on top of billing.

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Independent Retailers – the Backbone of Business and Industry

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Grants support those who often struggle to secure capital and resources, as they are systematically shut out from traditional financing. For example, independent community grocers play a vital role in keeping communities cohesive and even in the nation’s overall economy. This includes agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation.

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Taking the Fear out of Grant Management: Conflict of Interest By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

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This can include finance staff, grant writers, program staff, consultants, and grant administrators (among others). NGMA divides the grant lifecycle into three phases: pre-award, award, and post-award. A grant manager is anyone involved in the management and administration of a grant.

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Nonprofit Accounting Basics: 5 Fundamentals to Know

Get Fully Funded

The ins and outs of nonprofit accounting may seem overwhelming at first, but effectively recording and reporting your organization’s finances is essential to fund your mission. This statement shows how cash moves in and out of your organization through operating, investing, and financing activities. Expense reimbursement.

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