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How to Improve Your Internal Controls to Minimize Audit Findings

Blackbaud

Financial Accountability: Donors, grantors, and the public trust nonprofits to manage their finances responsibly. Examples include backup procedures, disciplinary action, and insurance. Assess Risks: Identify the risks that could impact the organization’s operations and finances.

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Supporting nonprofit and mission-driven affordable housing providers 

Candid

This lowers property revenue, even as material, labor, and insurance costs risea combination thats making building and operating affordable housing extremely difficult, or even infeasible. Thats because the financing of new or preserved affordable homes is something like a Jenga tower. How did we get here?

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​A nonprofit Swiss Army knife: How fiscal sponsorship works to help advance shared goals

Candid

This way, changemakers dont need to create a new nonprofit from scratchwhich requires IRS tax-exempt status, a board of directors, a bank account, accounting, charitable registration, insurance, human resources, an audit, and state and federal filings.

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GAAP for Nonprofits: How to Reconcile GAAP and Non-GAAP Results

Blackbaud

Have you ever had your board members scratch their collective heads when the development and finance teams report their results? So, while bequests, insurance policies and planned gifts are exciting for the organization, those donations won’t be reflected in the GAAP reporting. How Development and Finance Can Get Along (Really!)Does

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7 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Build a Strong Financial Foundation in 2024

Blackbaud

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. Tip 1: If you have an operating reserve, review your policy. Update the policy based on your current and future needs.

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4 Nonprofit Financial Management Challenges (& Solutions)

Get Fully Funded

When you start a nonprofit, one of the most important things to figure out is how to manage your organizations finances. However, you can strategically cut other administrative costs by: Evaluating your organizations insurance plan to ensure youre getting the right amount of coverage for the best price.

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Lessons From Debby: 5 Things Before Severe Weather Hits

The NonProfit Times

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.