There is nothing like the excitement of hearing that you are being awarded a generous grant.  As a mission-driven organization, your goal is to provide a valuable service to your community. Grant money can feel like the essential “blood” that courses through the work you do and brings “oxygen” to a variety of programs and…

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Recently, we were engaged by a nonprofit organization to help them during a significant finance team staffing shift. In addition to replacing their CFO to complete their 4-person finance team, they were also in the middle of a very rigorous Single Audit and needed an outsourced CFO to step in and help get them through…

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This is a question, and many times, a forceful statement I hear at least once a month.  My clients and members of nonprofit boards I belong to have a deep misconception that nonprofits are not allowed to accumulate savings (aka reserves).  Several years ago, I did an extensive search and asked various experts in the…

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