Blackbaud

MARCH 17, 2025

F undraising Best Practice Resources On-demand webinar: Everyday Actions, Extraordinary Potential: Engaging Everyday Donors Communicating with Donors in An Uncertain Funding Environment Get Your Grant-Funded Nonprofit Started in Fundraising Finance and Operations Best Practice Resources Webinar (March 25): Navigating Federal Funding: Essential Risk (..)

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Funding Federal Grants Strategic Plan Finance 53

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Compliance audits, which ensure your nonprofits adherence to federal, state, and local government regulations, as well as your organizations bylaws and other policies across all aspects of your work. Operational audits, which assess your organizations internal systems, productivity, staffing, and management practices. Issue an RFP.

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Nonprofit Government Policy Policies 75

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 2, 2025

Like individual fundraising, securing grants requires strong collaboration with finance, program staff, and leadership. Effective grant management relies on collaboration across program staff, finance, and leadership. Are spending and reporting policies clear? What is the current post-award process?

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Grant Grants GPC Award 52

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Pre-Award Preparation Have certain policies and processes in place before applying for a grant so you can be confident you meet their requirements and there are no surprises. Tip 1: Have your leadership drive the conversation on grant funding and the policies associated with this revenue stream. Update your policies accordingly.

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Government Indirect Cost Indirect Grant 116

Grant Writer Team

MARCH 27, 2025

The board approves budgets, reviews financial reports, and ensures proper controls are in place to keep finances in check. Risk Management From finances to reputation, the board identifies and mitigates risks. Governance & Ethics Boards set policies that keep operations ethical, legal, and mission-aligned.

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Government Ethics Proposal Finance 64

Blackbaud

JANUARY 9, 2025

What the Nonprofit Finance Fund calls consistent surpluses is the best way to build reserve funds. There are several strategies your organization can use to budget and raise funds for your nonprofits operating reserve. The most successful method is to budget for operating surpluses annually.

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Contracts Contract Budget Nonprofit 100

Blackbaud

JANUARY 14, 2025

You Need to Customize Your Workflows and Integrate Systems Growing fundraising teams typically want to leverage custom workflows and integrate with related software systems like those used by finance and digital marketing. System integration cuts down on manual processes and allows organizations to maintain a consistent, unified database.

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CRM Readiness AI Management 105

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2024

Maybe this sounds impossible, especially if you’re a small organization and worried about your finances , but you can do this! Will certain policies or budget cuts affect your organization? Continuing to stay in touch with your donors will help you when you launch your fall fundraising campaign.

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Policy Policies Electronics Budget 175

Blackbaud

JULY 24, 2024

Having multiple people working on your organization’s finances helps ensure accuracy—not only by delegating tasks efficiently, but also by allowing for additional review of records and reports. What practical steps can we take to get this organization where it needs or wants to be with its finances? Implementing fiscal policies.

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Finance Strategic Plan Budget Nonprofit 105

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

One nonprofit leader shared six lessons learned from a bad board experience organizational policies to help your nonprofit set expectations, prevent dysfunction, and avoid a laundry list of problems. Finance Once your nonprofit or private foundation is tax-exempt, you never have to deal with the IRS again, right?

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Budget Finance Burnout Grant 78

Blackbaud

APRIL 15, 2025

Finance officers must include the Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Activities, Statement of Cash Flows, and, for many nonprofits, the Statement of Functional Expenses. This includes assessing their investment strategies, spending policies, and alignment with UPMIFA standards.

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Finance Management Funding Software 53

Instrumentl

APRIL 29, 2024

In this article, we will investigate policies governing nonprofit finances, common sources of nonprofit revenue, and best practices for nonprofit financial management. You may be wondering, “how much money can nonprofits keep?”

Instrumentl 75

Instrumentl Finance Policy Policies 75

Blackbaud

JUNE 6, 2024

It is also directly related to the fund cash flow reports your finance office depends on. You are focused on policies and procedures. Use a secure shared drive to safely store these files and any applicable backup so they can be accessed by your finance and advancement offices for questions or audits. Brush up on planned gifts.

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Goals Finance Policy Policies 99

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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 1: If you have an operating reserve, review your policy. Update the policy based on your current and future needs.

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Indirect Cost Indirect Finance Government 104

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Have you ever had your board members scratch their collective heads when the development and finance teams report their results? So, while bequests, insurance policies and planned gifts are exciting for the organization, those donations won’t be reflected in the GAAP reporting. How Development and Finance Can Get Along (Really!)Does

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Insurance Insurance Finance Nonprofit 98

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Effective internal controls along with comprehensive policies and procedures help reduce the opportunity for a fraudster to succeed. Training is critical for all volunteers, especially those who play a role in the finance function. This is the component that companies have the most control over. 2024 AFCE Report to the Nations 3.

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Training Finance Funding Electronics 63

Candid

MAY 13, 2021

Make it hard to enforce expense policies You need to ensure expenses are appropriate, documented correctly, approved by the correct people, and charged to the right accounts. Enable project-based allocation and policy compliance. Project-based allocation and policy . Automate credit card reconciliation.

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Software Management Policy Policies 111

Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

In addition to risk, federal government agencies are asking applicants/recipients to demonstrate their ability to manage federal grants through a robust internal controls policy and procedures manual (sometimes during the pre-award stage) that outlines how organizations will be good stewards of government funding.

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Strategic Grants

AUGUST 22, 2024

“Ultimately, our role as the independent regulator is to implement policy which is set by government. Says Sue Woodward AM, ACNC Commissioner, “There will no doubt be lively debate around some of the recommendations in the report, and we have already seen that starting to play out.

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Finance Grant Grants Pass-Through 95

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If a volunteer is an accountant, suggest their designation be in the finance department. Create a Volunteer Engagement Policy Remember that volunteers are donors (of time, talent, and often financial support), but not all donors are volunteers. If they are a certified diver, offer an assignment on the dive team. Authors Barbara L.

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Retainer Policy Policies Training 111

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

When you start a nonprofit, one of the most important things to figure out is how to manage your organizations finances. With all of these policies to consider, maintaining financial compliance can quickly become complicated. The post 4 Nonprofit Financial Management Challenges (& Solutions) appeared first on Get Fully Funded.

Management 52

Management Nonprofit Finance Software 52

Blackbaud

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit financial management also includes the structures and workflows that enable your finance team to operate efficiently and effectively. Use Scenario Budgeting Nonprofits must withstand inflation, changing political policies, economic shifts, and the increasingly unpredictable climate.

Management 98

Management Policy Policies Budget 98

Strategic Grants

JULY 16, 2024

Some for-purpose organisations will have clear guidelines in their gift acceptance policy and related processes to effectively make this assessment.

Ethics 99

Ethics Manufacturing Finance Donation 99

Blackbaud

MARCH 15, 2024

There are short-term outcomes (cleaner beaches, better access to childcare); intermediate outcomes (boosting awareness, changing policies); and long-term outcomes (preserving the environment, improving society). You might need to modify or adapt as circumstances such as economic trends and policies change.

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Strategic Plan Metrics Goals Utilities 114

Candid

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The investments include a $160 million low-rate loan from Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund to fill finance gaps and preserve more than thirteen hundred affordable units at the Barcroft Apartment community, located near Amazon's new headquarters campus in Arlington. Amazon has announced commitments totaling $161.5 December 15, 2021. Read more.

Finance 52

Finance Policy Policies Award 52

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

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. Jitasa’s nonprofit financial management guide recommends creating the following fiscal policies: Gift acceptance. Expense reimbursement. Staff compensation.

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Policy Policies Finance Budget 52

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 27, 2023

A nonprofit budget can bring so many positives: Finances are much easier to manage because you know what expenses and revenue to expect. Now, if we had described that money as a rainy day fund and that our Board set a policy that we would have 3 months’ worth of expenses in the bank, that might have been different.

Budget 98

Budget Finance Organizational Budget Management 98

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

But the center stopped this policy. Donors used to drop off an item and receive a receipt from the center. The donor listed the donation and the value on this receipt, which they used for their tax purposes. We now […]. The post Discussion Corner: Accounting Rules for Silent Auctions from Donated Articles?

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Donation Policy Policies Nonprofit 90

Blackbaud

JULY 8, 2024

It’s important to have strong controls in place so you can preserve the purchasing power of your endowment while aligning with your overall investment policy. Role-based access enables your finance team to securely pay invoices and review expenses. System-enforced internal controls also help mitigate risk.

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Management Funding Finance Software 94

Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2010

This day-long conference will cover sessions on volunteerism, leadership and management styles, board governance and retention, finance and tax policy impacts on nonprofits, an all-day communications institute, and more. TechSoup staff will also be on site for this event, so look for us in the exhibitor hall.

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Conference Finance Nonprofit Policy 58

DoJiggy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Nonprofits demand more from managers, especially when it comes to finances. Your nonprofit needs to manage its finances responsibly to be prepared for these thin donation times. You also need policies to stay up-to-date with compliance and reporting requirements. Managing a nonprofit organization has its unique challenges.

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Management Finance Budget Nonprofit 52

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

billion to expand its work to increase options for and access to contraceptives in partnership with UNFPA Supplies Partnership , Family Planning 2030 , the Global Financing Facility , and the Shaping Equitable Market Access for Reproductive Health initiative. Ford Foundation press release 06/30/2021.

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Government Finance Funding Policy 91

Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

In short, the board’s duty is to deal with the policies and the “big issues.” The staff, as led by the executive director (president, CEO…) implements that policy: the tactical three-foot view. Program volunteers will also have policy implementation duties. Think strategic, 3,000-foot view.

Finance 52

Finance Nonprofit Policy Policies 52

PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Here are some important areas you should focus on: Written Policies & Procedures Review the policies & procedures required by the grantor; a grants manual can be highly beneficial for this process. Importance of Project Director's Signature The Project Director must review & sign the expenses to be paid under the grant.

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Grant Management Management Grant Grants 52

iGrantWriters

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This includes how policies, social factors, financing systems, organizational structures and processes, health technologies, and behaviors influence the military health care delivery to DoD beneficiaries â?? Knowledge obtained from this research supports evidence-based policy and decision-making at the strategic and front-line levels.Â

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Policy Policies Finance Award 40

The NonProfit Times

MAY 15, 2024

However, nonprofit leaders in healthcare should begin reviewing their employment contracts and policies now to determine how the rule could affect them. Executive compensation should also be reviewed to ensure it is reasonable and approved in accordance with a conflict-of-interest policy.

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Fundraising Policy Policies Contracts 52

Candid

JUNE 25, 2021

The four other finalists announced in January 2021 were the Carbon Leadership Forum , Solar United Neighbors , RMI , and the World Resources Institute.

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Transportation Metrics Finance Policy 52