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Developing an Endowment Spending Policy
A spending policy should unite a nonprofit's endowment with its mission and long-term strategic plan.
What is Your Auditor Asking For? – Preparing Your Nonprofit for an Initial or Annual Audit
(November 5, 2021 presentation) How can you optimize your audit? We will provide a deep dive into the audit process and how non profits can prepare for their audit as efficiently and effectively as possible. This program will help streamline your back of house operations so that resources can remain focused on the non profits core mission.
Building Equity into Your Employee Health Plan Design
(November 4, 2021 presentation) This revolutionary conversation about how to achieve health equity organizationally identifies more than a dozen strategies forward-thinking leaders can introduce and implement to rethink their employer-sponsored health benefits strategy and plan.
Contract Management in a Nonprofit World
(November 4, 2021 presentation) This beginning level workshop offers participants an opportunity to delve into fundamental issues associated with contract management and administration in the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit attorney, Kristy Cook of Mod Law Firm, brings her near decade experience in nonprofit law and management to this session.
Accounting Trends for Nonprofits
(September 15, 2021 presentation) In this session, we will discuss recent and upcoming changes to accounting guidelines and regulations impacting the nonprofit industry, implications of these new guidelines, and strategies you can use now to help you prepare for what’s to come.
Nonprofit Fundamentals 101
On-demand videos on the essential body of knowledge for nonprofit professionals who want to strengthen core competencies.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Form 990 (But Were Afraid to Ask)
(September 9, 2021 webinar)
As a result of attending this session, you will be able to: (1) understand and apply the three lenses used to complete an impactful Form 990; (2) describe how the Form 990 is organized along with the purposes of each section; (3) differentiate which areas of the Form 990 receive increased attention from the IRS and use that to evaluate the overall effectiveness of your Form 990.
As a result of attending this session, you will be able to: (1) understand and apply the three lenses used to complete an impactful Form 990; (2) describe how the Form 990 is organized along with the purposes of each section; (3) differentiate which areas of the Form 990 receive increased attention from the IRS and use that to evaluate the overall effectiveness of your Form 990.
Finance Unlocked for Nonprofits - Oversight Kit
Help board members increase financial literacy and protect their nonprofit's assets. Includes worksheets and samples.
Best Practices for Internal Controls of Nonprofit Organizations
A quick "cheat sheet" guide to internal controls.
StrongNonprofits Toolkit for Financial Management
Resources to strengthen a nonprofit's financial management.
A Guide to Cash Flow Forecasts for Nonprofits
Article and free webinar explains the value of tracking expected incoming cash and how to use it as an adaptation tool.
Nonprofit Overhead Toolkit
A thorough crash course on the conversation around attempts to shift the overhead paradigm.
Sample Fiscal Sponsorship Agreements
A broad collection of sample fiscal sponsorship agreements to use as models.
Sample Financial Policies and Procedures Manual
Use to model new policies or compare current policies for your nonprofit.
Nonprofit Cost Analysis Toolkit: Six Steps to Finding the True Costs of Programs
How to determine scope of the analysis to be conducted, gather financial data, allocate direct costs, allocate indirect costs, and apply knowledge to future decisions.