When it’s time for your nonprofit’s financial reports, does your board check out or engage? Let’s discuss the causes, and a solution, to this problem that impacts too many nonprofits!

What kind of nonprofit leader are you? A do-gooder? A nonprofiteer? Or a “key employee?” Each type has important implications for your success and the success of the mission that you serve.

Don’t look for CPA. Try this instead.

Mission creep can sneak up on you. Little by little, activities get added to your nonprofit that aren’t core to the mission but that do wear you down little by little. It can also show up in unexpected ways: like personnel.

The most successful executive directors take an active role in their nonprofit’s financial strategy. They don’t have to be a CPA or start doing the CPA’s job, but they do need to have basic financial literacy in order to effectively participate in financial decisions.

Of course nonprofit leaders can learn a thing or two from the life of Ozzy Osborne!

Directors and Officers insurance are essential to a well-run nonprofit as car insurance is to a driver. It’s also a sign of organizational maturity that savvy funders and potential board members will expect.

Just like a haircut, some budget cuts can be good and others can be bad. Nonprofits that survive difficult economic times combine strategic cuts with strategic investments.

What’s a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement? When does a nonprofit need a CPA on staff? How do we engage our board in finances? Bria Arline interviews Sean Hale on these topics and more in this podcast.

Do you think you need a CPA to be your treasurer? Think again! Check out this video and interview to learn why.

How will your nonprofit adapt to changing federal grant priorities? Here are some ideas of how your back office can contribute to the organization’s strength, resilience, and adaptability.

A fractional CFO can help transform a nonprofits impact from good to great.

You can be a great treasurer without being a CPA, accountant, or financial professional. And some CPAs make awful treasurers. Want to know what qualifications to focus on instead?

Accounting-related mistakes can become quite expensive for nonprofits, especially if left unaddressed. Read here for tips on how to recognize and rectify some of the most common ones.

Taking a do-it-yourself approach can be one of the most expensive mistakes a nonprofit leader can make.

How a nonprofit handles its bookkeeping can set it up for success or disaster. The options can feel overwhelming, especially for a leader who may not know much about accounting-related responsibilities. Want to know why I learned to stop worrying and learned to love outsourced bookkeeping?

Tired of stressful audits? You can have a clean audit with little pain. Good planning and routines throughout the year can help you get there. Here are our top tips to help your nonprofit get there.

New Chapter Coaching interviewed me as their newest strategic partner.

Despite their perks, recent events demonstrate that virtual banks are too risky for a nonprofit to depend on them alone.

Wow! I got to appear on this list of very accomplished nonprofit leaders created by The Work Times.