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How to Improve Your Internal Controls to Minimize Audit Findings

Blackbaud

Not having sufficient control documentation can create a more time-consuming process and lead to your external auditors identifying recommendations or deficiencies. Strong internal controls promote financial transparency and accountability, demonstrating that funds are being used ethically and effectively.

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Why Is Honesty the Best Policy When Writing Grants?

Grant Writer Team

What’s the Best Policy when Writing Grants? Concepts like transparency, accountability, and sustainability arent just ethical ideals. Concepts like transparency, accountability, and sustainability arent just ethical ideals. Ethical grant writers consider what happens after the funding ends. Lead with integrity.

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How organizations are advancing digital financial inclusion

Candid

These groups often face multiple barriers such as distrust of financial institutions, lack of sufficient funds, limited connectivity in rural areas, lack of identification documents, and the resulting high transaction costs, which limit opportunity for economic participation for those who need it most.

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Conflict of Interest Guidelines Every Grantmaker Should Follow

Blackbaud

This is why you need a conflict of interest policy. When youve documented and implemented a strong conflict of interest policy, you protect your team, ensure ethical decision-making, and strengthen your reputation among grantees and stakeholders. And so, in practice, its being able to say we have a policy.

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What 2025 Grant Trends Are Teaching Nonprofits

Grant Writing Made Easy

For nonprofits, this means less time spent proving worth through excessive documentation and more focused on delivering impact. This could be a one-page mutual expectations document outlining how you’ll communicate, report impact, and share feedback over time. Document a clear use policy. Create a “trust agreement.”

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More Than a “Hallmark Holiday”: What International Grant Professionals Day (IGPD) Means to Me

Grant Professionals Association

You provide the programs we document. We are committed to a code of ethics, and there is a culture of learning as we grow and improve in our craft. Author Bio: Michael Weinrauch is a grants specialist operating Marysville Grants Consulting and a member of GPA Chapters in Canada and Kentucky as well as the GPA Ethics Committee.

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4 Ways to Unlock the Potential of Your Nonprofit Finance Team to Become World Class

Blackbaud

Set the Example The ethical environment of your organization cascades down from leadership. Make sure transactions are appropriately documented and you are above reproach. Help enforce established internal controls and policies, actively and by setting a strong example. You should help set the tone on overall risk management.