A step-by-step guide to nonprofit budgeting for executive directors who did not come up through finance: who decides what, a 12-week calendar, six steps with the question to ask your bookkeeper at each, what to do with a deficit draft, and how to present the budget to your board.
How to Create a Nonprofit Budget When You Are Not a Finance Person Read More »
A filled-in sample nonprofit budget for an illustrative $400,000 youth program, with notes on the lines an executive director should question, the same budget by function, one program at full cost, and a cover note for the board.
Sample Nonprofit Budget: An Annotated Example for Executive Directors Read More »
Change fatigue is the exhaustion people feel when change arrives faster than they can absorb it. In a nonprofit it often looks like loyalty. This guide covers the signs, why nonprofits are exposed, an eight-question self-check, and how to reduce it for your team and for yourself.
Change Fatigue in Nonprofits: When Your Team and You Are Running on Empty Read More »
Nonprofits make money from individual giving, grants, government contracts, earned revenue and investment income. This guide compares what each source costs a small organization, explains how salaries get paid, and shows why unrestricted revenue matters most.
How Do Nonprofits Make Money? Revenue Models for Small Organizations Read More »
What organizational resilience means for a small nonprofit, the four structures that carry it (reserves, cross-training, board depth and leadership continuity), a 90-day plan to build them, and why the executive director is the piece most plans skip.
Organizational Resilience for Nonprofits: Four Pillars and a 90-Day Plan Read More »
A two-page crisis communication plan template for nonprofits without communications staff: who speaks, who approves, who hears first, a holding statement to draft now, and an example plan for a lost grant.
Crisis Communication Plan Template for Nonprofits Read More »
In most nonprofits, executive director and CEO are two titles for the same top staff job. A side-by-side table with the board chair, what the IRS says about titles, and when a retitle is worth it.
Executive Director vs CEO: Is There a Difference? Read More »
Leading through change means telling staff what you know, what you do not know yet and when they will hear next. This guide covers deciding who decides, pacing change for a small team, briefing the board and finding support for yourself.
Leading Through Change: A Guide for Nonprofit Leaders Read More »
What a nonprofit executive director is responsible for in five areas, sized for a small organization, with The Small-Shop Duty Map for what to hand off first as the budget grows and what stays.
What happens in your first executive coaching session at CNPC: how matching works, the coaching agreement, what stays confidential from your board, and five notes to bring.
