Where nonprofits find money to train staff and board members: what professional development grants cover, five current programs checked in October 2026, federal and workforce rules on training costs, and how to ask a current funder for a training line.
Professional Development Grants for Nonprofits: Where to Find Money for Staff Training Read More »
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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 »
How to size a nonprofit professional development budget per person or as a share of payroll, what corporate benchmarks show, what the line should include, where executive director coaching fits and how to get the board to approve it.
Professional Development Budget: How Much a Nonprofit Should Set Aside for Its Leaders Read More »
Nonprofit fund accounting for the executive director who signs the payroll: the two net asset classes under the 2016 standard, board-designated versus donor-restricted money, where restrictions show on the statements and Form 990, whether restricted money can cover payroll, and the four basics to ask your bookkeeper about.
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