Blackbaud

JUNE 20, 2025

Most nonprofit finance teams have been taught to keep their overhead costs buried deep within their financial statements. But recent events and changing philosophies on overhead costs have shed light on these expenses, which are required to run a functioning nonprofit. Want to dive deeper into nonprofit overhead?

Indirect Cost

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 23, 2025

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Funding

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Finance plays a crucial role in building a sustainable and scalable funding strategy. Finance professionals can provide key insights into risk analysis, financial forecasting, and performance measurement, ensuring each new revenue stream supports your long-term sustainability and growth. The good news?

Finance

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. However, nonprofit accounting is often more complicated than it sounds. Seeking out nonprofit discounts or asking for in-kind donations of new office equipment.

Management

Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Accountability is at the heart of nonprofit accounting. Because your organization cant turn a profit by definition, the goal of tracking your finances is to demonstrate to donors, funders, the government, and the community that youre using your funding responsibly to further your mission. Net assets.

Liability

Blackbaud

JULY 10, 2025

In the finance office, you know it’s not time to celebrate just yet. Why Contribution Revenue Recognition Matters for Nonprofits Nonprofits rely on a multitude of income sources, and each of these transactions needs to be recorded accurately and on time.

Finance

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

ByJackie Sue Griffin The nonprofit world isnt what it used to be. To thrive during 2025, nonprofits must create workplaces where employees feel connected to the mission and see clear opportunities for growth. Your nonprofits brand isnt just about marketing; its about showing potential hires what makes your organization special.

Retainer

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Have you ever had your board members scratch their collective heads when the development and finance teams report their results? The quandary that faces every nonprofit management team is how to communicate the difference in GAAP to non-GAAP operating results. What is GAAP and Why Is It Important for Nonprofits?

Insurance

Blackbaud

MAY 6, 2024

Like a good recipe, your nonprofit budget requires high-quality ingredients, easy-to-follow steps, and a knowledgeable cook or two to put it together. But when you have all the pieces—accurate data, a clear process, and a finance team to put it together—you can make a three-course meal look easy.

Budget

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

So many nonprofits found 2023 to be particularly stressful. 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. It gives your nonprofit breathing room when a problem or a new opportunity arises.

Indirect Cost

Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 3, 2022

At our most recent Grant Writing Made Easy workshop, we did a deep dive into nonprofit program budgets. So this week, I want to share some advice that will help you crack the code on nonprofit program budgets. So this week, I want to share some advice that will help you crack the code on nonprofit program budgets.

Budget

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

When you’re just getting started, it’s critical that one of your first steps is to create your nonprofit’s first budget to help you manage both your organization and your finances as it grows. If you want your new nonprofit to grow successfully and fulfill its mission, a budget is not optional.

Budget

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2014

ABCS, with offices across the state and operations in Mexico, offers counseling and pregnancy services, classes on budgeting and personal finance, and foster care services, and also works with the state of Arizona to facilitate adoptions, among other things. Transitional Program BBQ.

Insurance

Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. What’s a Nonprofit? Let’s begin. Your Mission. Discuss that too.

Finance

Qgiv

MARCH 5, 2024

Understanding the different types of nonprofits and their IRS classifications is crucial if you’re looking to make a positive impact in your community by starting a nonprofit. The diverse amounts of nonprofits play a vital role in addressing societal needs and helping their communities. What is a nonprofit organization?

Insurance

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 22, 2024

But is flooding covered under a typical commercial insurance policy? Rushing : Flood coverage is not typically included in a commercial insurance policy. Although you might be able to purchase flood insurance from your carrier or add it to your policy, many managers do not. Q: Hurricanes and other storms often produce flooding.

Insurance

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

Now that your new nonprofit is up and running, developing a solid foundation for financial management should be a top priority. 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.

Policy

Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

As summer starts, we’ll report on what happened to Facebook Causes, some big developments in cloud computing including the launch of Salesforce1, a big partnership between Salesforce and Microsoft that bodes well for charities, and the launch of Box.org, free cloud storage for nonprofits. Salesforce1 for Nonprofits just just launched.

Software

GiveSmart

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As a nonprofit, it is essential to understand the compliance standards that apply to your operation and why they are in place. With the help of a high-quality fundraising software solution, your nonprofit can stay organized and ensure every important need is met to continue growing and serving your mission. Get insurance policies.

Software

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 16, 2024

As a nonprofit leader, you’re no stranger to having to make the most of your limited resources. In this guide, we’ll explore the basics of creating and managing a nonprofit COA, starting with three simple steps you can take to develop this document. Work With a Nonprofit Accountant. Choose a numbering convention.

Liability

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 8, 2024

By Paul Clolery Nonprofit employees with 403(b) retirement plans would be able to participate in collective investment trusts (CITs), if new federal legislation passes and is signed into law. introduced a nonprofit tax credit bill titled the “Small Nonprofit Retirement Security Act of 2024.” Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.),

Pass-Through

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

While nonprofits will hopefully see an increase in unrestricted funds—and a decrease in burdensome reporting requirements—as part of this and other movements, good nonprofit accounting principles still apply. Many don’t cover operating costs or have a small allotment for indirect costs such as salaries, insurance, and utilities.

Funding

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While every donation is impactful for your nonprofit, it takes more than small gifts to fund your work. Legacy gifts provide plenty of opportunities to earn long-term funding, but many nonprofits hesitate to promote planned gifts and other legacy giving options because they require a more delicate approach. What is Legacy Giving?

Pass-Through

Peak Proposals

APRIL 3, 2023

If you work for a large nonprofit, different people may be assigned to work on the narrative and cost proposal, with the two groups getting together periodically throughout the proposal process to ensure the sections are in sync. What happens post-award will fall to others to resolve. Sometimes this less rigorous budgeting approach works out.

Budget

The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 12, 2023

To keep track of your finances for specific, individual campaigns, according to Jitasa’s nonprofit financial management guide your organization should also create a detailed budget for those campaigns that covers your anticipated revenue and expense sources for individual campaigns. Overhead expenses per campaign.

Fundraising

Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Our blog posts typically focus on grant strategies for nonprofit institutions. However, many of the principles will also apply to researchers based outside of the US as well as to nonprofits. In this post, we’re going to focus on a different topic for a more targeted audience. The topic is research funding.

Funding

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Paul Clolery More than one in five nonprofit employees (22%) struggle financially, even though the rate of financial hardship is less for nonprofit workers than in the for-profit sector (27%). Among nonprofit workers in 2022, 5% were below the official U.S. Among nonprofit workers in 2022, 5% were below the official U.S.

Nonprofit

Greater Giving

MAY 8, 2025

When you consider the tools that help your nonprofit maximize its impact, what comes to mind? One essential process for managing your nonprofit’s finances is budgeting. In this guide, well share three tips to improve your nonprofits budgeting process so you can maximize these resources effect on your community impact.

Budget

Candid

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Many nonprofit organizations devote their time, talent, funding, and mission to helping people who live in financial hardship. We nonprofit workers focus our attention on families who have trouble affording safe housing, enough food, quality child care and health care, reliable transportation, and technology.

Insurance

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

As artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, continues to evolve and become more commonplace, many trade and professional associations and nonprofits are turning to AI technology to enhance their operations and decision-making processes and benefit their members and clients. By Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum, Esq. Data Privacy. Tenenbaum, Esq.,

ChatGPT

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

By Eric Spacek The holiday season is significant in two important ways for nonprofit organizations: year-end giving reaches a peak and your nonprofit is a flurry of activity as people come and go. Here are some of the most important strategies to keep both your people and your nonprofit safe and secure throughout the holidays.

Liability

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By Alyssa Simard, CPA The success and integrity of nonprofit organizations hinge on the ability to steward financial resources effectively. It is paramount for nonprofit financial leaders to adopt a thorough approach to categorizing and reporting expenses and why it is a cornerstone of fiscal responsibility.

Indirect

Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Gold Avocado series showcases some of the very best content that Blue Avocado has for nonprofit leaders, based on overall popularity, reader response, and quality. This Gold Avocado article highlights eight essential responsibilities of a nonprofit’s treasurer — with a focus on treasurers of all-volunteer organizations.

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