Resources Archive - Nonprofit Financial Commons

Here We Go Again: The Cyclical Nature of Board Behavior

Each time a board enters a new cycle, it differs from the one before, because the organization and external environment will have changed.

What exactly is the board’s role in helping to steer a sound financial course for your nonprofit?

A selection of discussions on refining governance practices to make nonprofits even more powerful and effective.

After more than forty years, the cottage industry of board improvement might have been working on the wrong problem.

While we have been obsessively focused on our organizational boards, much of the real consequential action is occurring elsewhere.

How do you reinvigorate the treasurer’s and finance committee’s roles so they play a strategic part in oversight, planning, and governance?

This resource outlines the types of financial reports that are needed by a board, as well as how to present the information to the board.

This piece by Kate Barr discusses how nonprofits can address potential problems while they're still small enough to squash.

Ratios embody sound nonprofit financial management. However, some have historically created havoc where they were meant to create order.