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Transforming Business Models Primer Video

Learn the four core components of a nonprofit business model: revenue mix, understanding the cost of effective programs, infrastructure, and capital structure and how all of these components connect to mission and your organization’s financial health.

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Financial Policy Guidelines and Example

Developing and adopting a written financial policy is a valuable practice for any nonprofit organization, no matter how small or large. Financial policies clarify the roles, authority, and responsibilities for essential financial management activities and decisions.

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Operating Reserves with Nonprofit Policy Examples

Operating reserves should not be used to cover a long-term or permanent income shortfall. Reserves can allow an organization to weather serious bumps in the road by buying time to implement new strategies. To be prudent, reserves should be used to solve temporary problems, not structural financial problems.

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True Program Costs: Program Budget and Allocation Template and Resource

While the long-term goal for nonprofits is not to return profits to shareholders, we all know that nonprofits are business entities that need to maintain financial health and stability in order to achieve their mission. Understanding the true, full cost of delivering various programs and services in the community is a critical piece of the management puzzle.

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Cost Allocation Primer Video

Your nonprofit work has certain knowable costs, such as costs for staff, costs for property and equipment, and costs for programs. Sound nonprofit finance means…

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On October 8, 2025, Join Us for a National Town Hall on the Financial State of the Nonprofit Sector

Nonprofit GPS is a new, action-based community designed to help nonprofits navigate today’s disrupted revenue landscape. Built in consultation with organizations nationwide, it focuses on the real financial challenges nonprofits face — business model risks, capital management, budgeting, governance, and more. Together, we’ll share practical strategies and highlight bright spots of practice that strengthen missions, even in the most disruptive times.

At this event you will hear: an analysis of the current economic landscape for nonprofits and the implications for practice; what array of critical new resources will be offered by Nonprofit GPS over the next three months and beyond; and how to become involved as a practice leader in this community.

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