What each clause in a nonprofit executive director contract does, a fill-in outline template to take to your attorney, how the board approves and records the agreement, and what the executive director should ask before signing.
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A one-page nonprofit treasurer report template with a filled-in example: cash and months of cash, budget versus actual for the year to date, restricted balances, variances with a reason, upcoming risks and the decisions the board needs to make, plus the three sentences the executive director adds and who prepares the report.
Nonprofit Treasurer Report Template: A Ten-Minute Board Finance Briefing Read More »
How a small nonprofit can see a cash gap weeks before payroll: a 13-week cash forecast an executive director can keep, how to tell a timing gap from a deficit, three levers when a grant payment is late, a fiscal-year cash map, and the conversations with the treasurer, funder, vendors and staff that protect payroll.
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No law or universal standard sets the share of a nonprofit budget that should go to salaries. The sourced national figure from IRS data, what the BBB Wise Giving Alliance and Charity Navigator measure for overhead and fundraising, one budget read with and without allocation, and a three-sentence script for the funder who asks.
What Percentage of a Nonprofit Budget Should Be Salaries? Read More »
Five financial ratios a small nonprofit’s board can watch: months of cash, the operating reserve ratio, the program expense ratio, revenue concentration and the operating margin. Each formula, one worked example with made-up figures, dated benchmarks from named sources, what to do when a ratio is bad and how to present it to the board.
Nonprofit Financial Ratios: What to Do When the Number Is Bad Read More »
Nonprofit grant management from the decision to apply through closeout: the five stages, how to track restricted grant spending, a full-cost worksheet with a worked example, when to decline, negotiate or accept a grant, and the federal rules on indirect costs, reimbursement and closeout.
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What nonprofit financial sustainability takes: the full cost of each program, revenue you can count on, reserves for shocks, and the funder and board conversations that pay for them, with a worked full-cost example and the starvation cycle explained with sourced figures.
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Nine books for nonprofit leaders, sorted by stage: new executive directors, founders and seasoned leaders, board members, and fundraising and strategy.
Nonprofit Leadership Books: What to Read at Each Stage of the Job Read More »
How much a nonprofit should hold in reserve, how to start in a deficit year, and what a board-approved reserve fund policy should say, with a worked example and wording for the board.
Nonprofit Reserve Fund Policy: How Much to Hold and How to Start Read More »
The order for announcing a new nonprofit executive director, with four templates: a staff email, a funder letter, a press release and a LinkedIn post.
Announcing a New Executive Director: Templates for Staff, Funders and the Public Read More »
