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Liquidity and Cash Flow: How to Build and Monitor a Liquidity Plan When Cash Is Scarce

Liquidity challenges put the strongest nonprofits at risk. Managing cash flow is essential for operational stability and decision-making.

As nonprofits reimagine their budgets, boards and staff should consider a balance between diversity, flexibility, and reliability.

A collection of research on adding revenue streams to — or subtracting them from — your organization. Tune in for tools in Part 2.

There’s no substitute for understanding the ins and outs of an issue and then smartly applying them to your own situation.

Peter Frumkin and Elizabeth Keating take another look at the wisdom of diversifying one’s revenue mix.

This pair of articles make the argument that if you are after sheer size, revenue concentration may be the way to go.

Fascinating work on “field isomorphism,” or why fields tend to use the funding streams their peers use as central sources.

Many nonprofits seek secondary sources to add to unrestricted net assets and reserves even when the dollars don’t justify the effort.

It is best to incorporate portfolio diversification that seeks a negative correlation between sources to avoid simultaneous losses.

The “contract” between a nonprofit and its donor base requires specific structure and infrastructure, and comes with two major risks.