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3 Signs Your Organization Needs a Nonprofit Accounting System

Blackbaud

You Arent Getting a Holistic View of Your Finances When you update your accounting system, make sure you look for one that can manage your revenue and expenses across any characteristic, like grant, project, program, or department, while not requiring them to be created as segments in your nonprofit’s chart of accounts.

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How to Develop Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves

Blackbaud

What the Nonprofit Finance Fund calls consistent surpluses is the best way to build reserve funds. This post was originally published October 2016 and updated January 2025. There are several strategies your organization can use to budget and raise funds for your nonprofits operating reserve.

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Bridging gaps and weaving networks: The vital work of place-based intermediaries

Candid

Many organizations struggle to sustain their finances, teams, and leadership, which jeopardizes their ability to take up transformational opportunitiesand, in turn, their impact. In 2016, SIF identified a gap in support for immigrant-serving organizations in response to rising anti-immigrant rhetoric.

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How Savvy Organizations Weather Uncertain Times

Blackbaud

Depending on the last time your organization had to take an intense look at its finances, your financial ducks may already be well- aligned. Learn more in this Cost Containment Guide for Nonprofit Finance Teams. As a strategy choice, there is substantial value to be had in sustainer fundraising (Sustainers in Focus, 2015-2016).

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Promote Planned Gifts Year-Round: 3 Key Times to Prioritize

Get Fully Funded

Others may be concerned about their finances or taxes, or their legacies and relationships. Frame these messages through the lens of organizing your life and finances for the year. January – Resolutions and Planning Season A new year means new goals and new reflections. We recommend these two strategies: Resolutions campaigns.

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Aplos Software Buys Keela, Building All-In-One Platform

The NonProfit Times

Founded in 2009, Aplos Software develops finance software for nonprofits and churches. The firm released an online donation product, along with a CRM and communication tool, in 2014 and unveiled Advanced Accounting in 2016, the same year the firm secured $4 million in Series A funding from San Joaquin Capital.

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Future-proof your fundraising: 3 ways to thrive long-term

Ann Green's Nonprofit

And since these gifts are given from assets rather than cash on hand, they give donors the chance to drive sustained impact without impacting day-to-day finances (while also tapping into tax benefits here and now). Patrick Schmitt and fellow co-CEO Jenny Xia founded FreeWill at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business in 2016.