Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In it, include guidance on gift acceptance, conflicts of interest, expense reimbursement, and staff compensation, among other aspects of nonprofit finance. According to Jitasa , most nonprofits start out using the cash accounting method to track their finances—i.e., Methodology. Chief financial officer (CFO). Bookkeeper.

Finance

Grant Professionals Association

JULY 29, 2025

Every grant professional will face an audit at some point, whether it’s part of the annual nonprofit tax filing or a formal public grant audit from years past. Often, the finance department handles the process, leaving grant managers unaware until after the fact.

IT

Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

SmarterSelect A system designed for grantmakers and applicants to manage the entire grant application workflow effectively. Submittable A submission platform that facilitates the application process for various types of funding, including grants and scholarships.

Grant

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

This guide covers the fundamentals that your finance team needs to know during every stage of the grant so you can handle it confidently from award to closeout. Understanding the Grant Lifecycle for the Finance Office Government grants follow a predictable journey, and the finance team plays a mission-critical role at each stage.

Government

Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 27, 2025

In the grant profession, we often emphasize pre-award activities: identifying opportunities, crafting compelling narratives, and submitting competitive proposals. While these are important skills, post-award grant management is equally essential—and increasingly expected of those who serve in the profession.

Award

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.

Award

Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2025

If you’re unsure about the best strategy, create a gift acceptance policy and consult with a nonprofit finance advisor to ensure alignment with your organization’s financial strategy and risk tolerance. You can find grants using databases, foundation directories, and newsletters.

Funding

Candid

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every industry, from finance to health care to retail. Grants managers and administrators often lack the time and space to think broadly about how AI could enable us to reimagine grantmaking.

AI

Blackbaud

JULY 28, 2025

In this article, you’ll learn about the different types of audits nonprofit finance teams commonly work on and the most common nonprofit audit mistakes for each, giving you a better understanding of how to avoid these mistakes for your next audit. Not completing a monthly close is a top reason for financial nonprofit audit mistakes.

Finance

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JULY 23, 2025

In these organizations, the grant-seeking process is often a collaborative effort involving multiple staff members. A development director might initiate an application, a program manager might input project details, and a finance officer might submit budget information or financial reports.

Grant

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A grants specialist will handle all aspects of grant fundraising, focusing on submitting proposals to secure grant money from foundations, government agencies, corporations, and more. According to Jitasa , grant management is an ongoing process that begins before funding is even secured.

Fundraising

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. Track grant progress, either within the software or through an integration with a dedicated grant management system. Differentiate between unrestricted and restricted funds (more on this later!).

Management

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.

Budget

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Keeping this information outside your system requires impeccable spreadsheet management and manual updates. The first thing you should do as a finance professional is audit your spreadsheets because you dont know how adept your people, or predecessors, are at Excel.

Software

Fluxx

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For those types of organizations and community groups with meaningful differences in Auckland, finance can be the key component that makes the ideas become a reality. Whether you're working with family- and whnau-focused programs or broader community projects, this grant brings those ideas into life.

Finance

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 17, 2025

19 Of Our Favorite Grant Writing Resources 20 Suggested Must-Reads for 2024 I still have challenges with clients not getting information to me on time, resulting in some last-minute panic. 4 Ways Effective Grant Management Impacts Nonprofit Finances And of course, we know that you love reading more than just our blogs.

Grant Writing

Fluxx

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For those types of organizations and community groups with meaningful differences in Auckland, finance can be the key component that makes the ideas become a reality. Whether you're working with family- and whnau-focused programs or broader community projects, this grant brings those ideas into life.

Finance

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Nonprofit leaders are invited to Beyond the Ledger: Nonprofit Finance Summit, a free virtual event on March 13. Earn free CPE credit, network with other finance leaders and get inspiration to optimize strategic planning, reporting, grant management and accounting operations.

Finance

Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 13, 2024

Finding the Perfect Software for Your Nonprofit Ah, grant management! In the vibrant nonprofit world, where grant processes seem to twist and turn like a labyrinth, having the right grant management software isn’t just helpful—it’s a game changer. Why Bother with Grant Management Software?

Grant Management

PKS Grants & Accounting Solutions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A Grant Manager's Guide to Internal Controls Did you know, $600 billion is awarded each year in federal grants?? How do they impact your grants and your organization? They assure reasonable accuracy, validity, and reliability of financial management, program, and other information. So, what are they?

Grant Management

Grant Consulting Services

AUGUST 31, 2023

Because nonprofits rely on grant funding, systems must be in place to properly manage and maintain that funding as part of the grant lifecycle. So, how do we manage grants? What is Grant Management? Three benefits of having a streamlined grant management process are: 1. 2022, June 15).

Grant Management

GiveSmart

MAY 8, 2024

Nonprofits face countless challenges managing financial operations and harnessing full fundraising potential. While working towards accomplishing your organization’s mission, development and finance teams have different timelines and metrics. On average, nonprofit employees spend a third of their day managing data.

Finance

AmpliFund

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

An ERP system serves as the backbone of an organization — integrating various business processes such as finance, human capital management , and procurement. So how does an ERP benefit grants management ? There certainly is data stored in the ERP that is needed for your grant program. My recommendation.

Amplifund

Blackbaud

JULY 24, 2024

Effective nonprofit financial management is a team effort. 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 is this nonprofit doing well when it comes to financial management?

Finance

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 30, 2024

Their expertise and knowledge of financial controls and regulations will be crucial to making sure the grant application process (and hopeful award) runs as smoothly as possible! The post Grant Management Series: Involving Your CFO throughout the Grant Application Process appeared first on Blue Avocado.

Applicant

AmpliFund

DECEMBER 5, 2023

You may already recognize that grant management software (GMS) can address these and contribute numerous other benefits. However, like many of your grant management peers across agencies, departments, and organizations big and small, you probably need to convince others in order to get buy-in for that expenditure.

Amplifund

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Too often, grant management is seen as a scary, messy aspect of grant funding, and we have a vague understanding of the requirements or components. In the nonprofit field, it’s common for staff to be put in a role where they manage grants but might not have the knowledge or resources to understand what that entails.

Grant Management

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By now, I hope you are realizing grant management doesn’t have to be a scary web of confusing topics and rules. With this grant management series, I aim to outline some of the commonly seen issues and provide resources to learn more. NGMA divides the grant lifecycle into three phases: pre-award, award, and post-award.

Indirect Cost

Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

If you have ever flinched at the mention of policies and procedures, conflict of interest, or grant reporting, we may be able to help take the fear out of grant management. Too often, grant management is seen as scary and messy, with staff hesitant to learn because they may uncover more than they know how to handle.

Grant Management

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Many platforms you already use for your grantmaking processes have modern APIs built in, such as your grant management solution that surfaces due diligence data from third-party sources within your GMS. Some grant management systems provide these APIs natively in the software, pulling the data without any work on your part.

Grant Management

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Close your eyes and imagine that promised land where you can produce reports by grant or program or by the bombined entity as a whole — where you can satisfy the reporting needs of grantors, program managers, the board, your auditors — yourself.

Finance

Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2009

Tags: Databases Donors Donors Finances Finances Fundraising Grant-Management Databases Online Fundraising Running Your Organization Software.

Finance

Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

You will want to think ahead about being able to easily capture grant information, set up tasks and deadlines, and then run accurate reports at any time. Fund accounting systems with grant management can help you from beginning to end if you are a grant-funded organization—or want to be.

Indirect Cost

Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

Before agreeing to take on federal funding, your organization should thoroughly understand the financial implications, including how funds will need to be tracked, how staff and contractor time and effort will need to be recorded, what program costs are allowable , and how they will be communicated and tracked with program staff and finance staff.

Grant Readiness

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Develop the Grant Project 4. Research Funders and Find Appropriate Grants 5. Write the Grant Proposal 6. Tags: Finances Fundraising Grant-Management Databases Grants for Technology Reporting Running Your Organization. Implement, Evaluate, and Continue the Process.

Grant

Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2013

Whether that means a separate revenue account for each designation or a separate characteristic as an addendum to one revenue account will depend on the software that our finance office is using. Remember, our development office keeps us in business, while our finance office keeps us out of jail!

Finance

Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2010

An Introduction to Grant Reports (Learning Center). Writing a Winning Grant Proposal (Learning Center). Grant-Writing and Evaluation Resources (TechSoup Blog). Tags: Donors Finances Fundraising Grant-Management Databases Online Grantseeking Running Your Organization Software.

Grantstation