Beyond the Buzzwords: A Practical Look at AI in Nonprofit Finance
Nonprofit finance teams face constrained resources and rising expectations for transparency. The pressure to “do something about AI” is real.…
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Beyond the Buzzwords: A Practical Look at AI in Nonprofit Finance
Nonprofit finance teams face constrained resources and rising expectations for transparency. The pressure to “do something about AI” is real.…
Best Practices for Nonprofit Cash Flow Management
Every nonprofit executive director we've worked with has hit the same moment of panic: payroll is due Friday, a grant…
What HR Should Look Like at Your Size
The work changes before leaders realize the function needs to change too. The signs of an overstretched HR function rarely…
Nonprofit Financial Forecasting Essentials
Rising costs, unstable funding and economic uncertainty are putting increased pressure on nonprofits. Maintaining financial stability is becoming more challenging—and…
Do I Have to Participate in the “AI Revolution”?
I’m 25 years into a nonprofit technology career. Every year, I co-organize a summit for nonprofit organizations at a large…
Benchmarking: Satisfy Your Board and Gain a Competitive Advantage
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before (from your Board of Trustees or Finance Committee): “I wish there was a way we could benchmark ourselves against our competitors.”
Have you ever wrestled with how to benchmark? Or struggled to identify what the Board wants to measure? Organizations can fall short on implementing effective methods to benchmark accurately.