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Reply To: In Need of Guidance: How to Maximize the Impact of a Generous Donation?
A donation of that size can be both a wonderful opportunity and a rather intimidating responsibility. My first instinct would be to resist spending decisions…
Reply To: Session 2: Finance Fundamentals – Making Sense of the Numbers
Making financial information understandable to board members is a surprisingly important skill. Not everyone around the table will be comfortable with accounting terminology, and that…
Reply To: Session 1: Your Board’s Approach to Finance – Role, Judgment, and Stewardship
I like the emphasis on stewardship here because board finance should be about more than simply checking whether the numbers balance. Board members need enough…
Reply To: Implementing the new lease accounting standard – your experience
The lease standard certainly gave many finance teams a new hobby that nobody asked for. I think the hardest part is often gathering complete and…
Reply To: Has new individual donor landscape changed your financial infrastructure? HOW?
The changing donor landscape seems to have made financial forecasting rather more adventurous. I think one important shift is bringing fundraising and finance data closer…
Reply To: Permanently Crowdfunded: Questions ahead of today’s webinar
There are some interesting questions here, Mark. I would keep an eye on recurring giving because crowdfunding can be a good way to introduce people…
Reply To: Individual Giving: Questions ahead of today’s webinar
Thanks for bringing these questions together, Mark. Donor retention seems to sit quietly underneath quite a few of the issues raised. Small, regular contact can…
Reply To: Cash Flow Webinar — Let’s Keep the Discussion Going!
There is plenty to unpack in this discussion. Excel remains perfectly capable for many smaller organisations, particularly when the system is kept tidy. Reimbursement delays…
Reply To: Financial Oversight Role of Boards Webinar – Let’s Keep the Discussion Going!
The point about board members forgetting financial information really resonates. Short dashboards and occasional refreshers can probably do more than another forty-page report. Recruiting people…
Reply To: Fiscal Sponsor Webinar 5-28-24
There are some good questions here, Jeff. With an incorporated project, the relationship between its board and the fiscal sponsor needs to be clearly documented.…