Understanding Non-Profit Financial Statements

Understanding Non-Profit Financial Statements

A few months ago, I wrote about How Financial Statements Are Born, which explained how different financial statements were related to one another. A supplement to that is a How To Be A Financial Detective presentation that Thomas Blaney and Christopher Peterman made at a Grant Managers Network conference. This presentation is generally focused on educating board members and potential donors about how to interpret different non-profit financial statements. Obviously then, there are tips in ...

Finance Cheat Sheet

An Executive Director’s Guide To Financial Leadership

Several months into the Executive Director position, I’m still hungry for great articles on the financial side of nonprofits. This one popped up on my Twitter feed last night from NonProfit Quarterly, and although the article is almost five years old, it’s a great tool for mapping out a financial plan for your organization. At the end of the article, this statement really hit home for me – “Executive directors learn that leading a nonprofit ...

Helping Your Donation Page Help You

Helping Your Donation Page Help You

With an increasing number of people looking to make donations online, your organizational website has to perform many of the functions that an in-person or mailed appeal have performed in the past. The website Bloomerang can get you started with their 18 point check list for donation pages. Some of the advice you may have come across before, like having your donation form native to your website rather than redirecting donors to PayPal; making sure the ...

Read More