Blackbaud

JANUARY 13, 2025

Ask the finance team. Finance teams can help their nonprofit organizations evaluate new revenue streams, enhancing the organizations stability and mitigating risk while intentionally experimenting with varied income sources. This alignment prevents mission creep and maintains the integrity of your nonprofit’s goals.

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Candid

JUNE 4, 2025

They can immediately focus on key priorities, including fundraising and programs, while benefiting from the fiscal sponsors tax compliance, accounting, governance, and finance functions, including accepting gifts and approving and administering program expenses. Other fees may apply depending on the sponsor.

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Goals Lobbying Policy Policies 52

GrantNews

DECEMBER 11, 2024

6 ) Make Sure Your Proposal is Coherent and Readable If you submit a poorly written proposal, your application is less likely to receive funding for two reasons: The funder may not be able to figure out what the goal is that youre proposing to achieve or how you intend to accomplish that goal.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While nonprofits do not focus on profit, financing operations is still essential for a nonprofit to accomplish its goals. However, you will increase your chances of securing financing for your cause by building a grant cycle. Securing funding is vital for critical programs to flourish. What Type of Grant-Seeker Are You?

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Blackbaud

MAY 8, 2025

One Step Closer to a Paperless Finance Office If you are like many private K12 schools, you could build rooms with the boxes of paper stored throughout your campus. If moving your business office processes to a paperless system is a goal of yours, AP automation is a simple first step. Ready to automate your AP processes?

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Finance Strategic Plan Electronics Education 86

Blackbaud

JUNE 5, 2025

While the idea of a budget is simpleand some budgets can beit takes a good amount of preparation to create a tool that accurately forecasts your goals for the year. Here are a few questions to ask your leadership and finance team as you start building your next budget: Has our mission remained the same?

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Budget Template Finance Nonprofit 90

Blackbaud

APRIL 16, 2025

The finance team shoulders immense responsibility to make sure funds are well-stewarded, often while being understaffed and under-resourced. One of the most important places for alignment is between development and finance to make sure expenses abide by funder restrictions.

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Finance Budget Nonprofit Management 93

Blackbaud

MARCH 20, 2025

Good cash flow planning helps you spot potential trouble before it has a chance to derail your strategic goals. Understand Your Finance Committees Needs Know what your finance committee needs to see and provide those outputs to them.

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Management Finance Budget Nonprofit 102

Blackbaud

JUNE 6, 2024

Just as a successful capital campaign follows defined steps and milestones, so does the work of a database manager—nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes tasks to keep the campaign moving toward its goal. It is also directly related to the fund cash flow reports your finance office depends on. Add data health tools.

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Goals Finance Policy Policies 104

Blackbaud

JUNE 12, 2025

Engage program managers and finance teams to ensure the project is feasible and aligns with organizational goals. They also show funders that you understand their goals and how your project aligns with them. Ensure your application clearly articulates the need, goals, methodology, and expected outcomes.

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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. Begin by defining some goals, and then consider how you’ll go about accomplishing them. This solution can help save finances while ensuring you have an expert on your team.

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Finance Management Nonprofit CRM 98

Blackbaud

MARCH 12, 2025

Whether you are embarking on a capital campaign, increasing your annual fund goal, navigating leadership changes, or simply trying to stay up to date and modern, youre developing strategy. First, recognize that strategy is more than just making a plan or setting a goal. Set goals that they believe they can achieve.

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Strategic Plan Nonprofit Goals Finance 94

Veritus Group

MAY 8, 2024

We recommend setting an aspirational goal that will help you imagine the possibility of asking for a larger gift. The post Do You Need Both Revenue AND Aspirational Goals in Major Gifts? appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Goals Budget Finance Fundraising 109

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2025

For larger organizations, this could include staff from Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, etc. Project Overview: Follow introductions with a high-level project overview of the goals and objectives. Below is a suggested template for a kick-off meeting. depending on the nature of the grant.

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Veritus Group

JANUARY 26, 2024

In this Question of the Month video, Jeff and Richard share more about why it's important to have these two different goals in mind. The post Question of the Month: Why do we recommend creating both budget AND aspirational goals? appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Budget Goals IT Finance 111

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Coffman stated in their GuideStar article : Theres no question that nonprofit organizations have an obligation to manage their finances responsibly. Unfortunately, philanthropies are typically (and problematically) judged by the first two criteria. As Chuck McLean and Suzanne E.

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Metrics Finance Management Goals 111

Blackbaud

JANUARY 14, 2025

While you may be aware on a general level that your CRM platform is becoming a headwind to your organization achieving its fundraising goals, the prospect of migrating vast amounts of data, retraining staff, and committing the money and resources required for a successful upgrade can make it tempting to say, Lets make do for another year.

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CRM Readiness AI Management 105

GrantNews

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Activities supported by this funding include improving overall financial health, increasing fundamental business finance knowledge and application, and strengthening the workforce. The primary goal of the Program is to make progress toward achieving universal broadband access statewide and digital equity by 2030.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JANUARY 24, 2025

When you provide your most recent tax return or an audit, it shows that your organization keeps records and can be transparent with finances. About the Organization: this is typically a one-page summary of your entire organizations founding, mission, vision, goals, and work. How do we prepare to apply?

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 10, 2025

Encourage Your Grantees to Establish an Investment Committee Your grantees likely have finance committees as part of their Boards, but with a sizeable gift that wont all be allocated immediately, they need to create an Investment Committee as well. They are likely not experts in investment management.

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Award Policy Policies Finance 97

Just Write Grants

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Understanding the distinctions between capital, program, and operating grants is crucial for effectively managing your organization’s finances and meeting its goals. Characteristics Goal-Oriented : Program grants are focused on achieving specific outcomes related to the funded program. Capital Grants 1.1

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Grant Grants Finance Proposal 52

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Imagine this: you set what you think is an ambitious fundraising goal for your virtual event and then watch as you double, triple, quadruple that goal in the days leading up to the event. Then, you cross the finish line – and end up raising 12 times your fundraising goal ! Ah, the powers of technology.

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Mentor Goals Fundraising Utilities 98

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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Finance Budget Indirect Cost Indirect 119

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act (H.R. 9495 may achieve the goal of expediting these cases, but it does so at the expense of fairness and transparency. House of Representatives that would provide tax relief to Americans held hostage. Section 4 of H.R.9495

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Pass-Through Policy Policies Finance 116

Blackbaud

MARCH 31, 2025

By prioritizing clarity and providing support, you help grantees focus on their work and achieve the goals of their project or program. Create a Better Grantee Experience with Aligned Grants and Finance Teams Integrating your grants management system with your finance team can create a more seamless experience for grantees.

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Grant Grants Grant Management Award 59

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? Where is there room for improvement?

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Finance Strategic Plan Budget Nonprofit 105

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

, transparent government advocates are working hard to shed light on campaign finances and influences. In modern politics, you simply can't take a campaign at face value: those heartwarming or powerful candidate commercials might be financed by some shady sources. Why does campaign finance data matter? spanhidden.

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Finance Government Funding Goals 57

Blackbaud

JANUARY 9, 2025

Operating Reserve Policies To help institutionalize operating reserve best practices and provide a pathway for a clear set of purposes, definitions, and goals, have a formal operating reserve policy in place prepared by senior management and staff and approved by the Board. All these benefits will not appear to everyone at the same time.

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Policy Policies Budget Management 98

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? And you need to be able to show your organization financial progress toward its strategic goals. The future of nonprofit accounting is analysis.

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Blackbaud

MAY 28, 2024

Responsibilities such as running the audit, preparing the fiscal year budget, paying bills, telling finance committees what the numbers mean, and identifying what’s at risk are all important. Ultimately, the Builder’s goal is to enable the organization to control its mission destiny—at least over those matters that it can control.

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Finance Strategic Plan Nonprofit Goals 104

NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

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

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Finance Goals IT 116

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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Finance Software Nonprofit Funding 111

Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Finance Once your nonprofit or private foundation is tax-exempt, you never have to deal with the IRS again, right? When it comes to finance, though, having clearly defined roles and duties over budgeting, accounting, and expenses are essential internal controls for small nonprofits, and key to their stability and success.

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Budget Finance Burnout Grant 97

Candid

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Many organizations struggle to sustain their finances, teams, and leadership, which jeopardizes their ability to take up transformational opportunitiesand, in turn, their impact. Yet, the immense resources and effort required by grassroots organizations to provide essential services are often overlooked.

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Procurement Burnout Finance Metrics 89

GiveSmart

MAY 8, 2024

While working towards accomplishing your organization’s mission, development and finance teams have different timelines and metrics. Executive directors are responsible for bridging the gap and promoting collaboration between finance and development teams. On average, nonprofit employees spend a third of their day managing data.

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Finance Strategic Plan Budget Software 52

Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This way, readers understand what youre fighting for and the goals you want to accomplish. Be as specific as possible, including details like dates, fundraising goals, and the impact donors will make if they give]. If you have the means, would you be willing to donate [specific amount] to help us reach that goal?

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Template Donation Goals Fundraising 98

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: A Deep and Sincere Caring About the Nonprofit’s Mission The most important “quality” in a board member would be a real and heartfelt caring about the mission/goal of the nonprofit they will be involved with. Will they focus on the goal/mission?

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Ethics Strategic Plan Finance Goals 116