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Preparing for Your School or Nonprofit Financial Audit: Identifying Risks and Establishing Strong Internal Controls

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The annual financial audit is a great time to review your statements through a risk lens and search the corners of your financial statements for long-forgotten issues that could contaminate an entire balance sheet. As part of your regular discussion with your auditor, preferably at the start of your fiscal year, review your internal controls.

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4 Ways Funders Can Help Grant Writers Submit a Great Application

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During our webinar with Blackbaud Product Manager Brenda Noiseux , she shared the feedback she heard when interviewing grant writers as part of our update to the Blackbaud Grantmaking application portal. But it never hurts to review what information you’re asking for and whether it can be shortened or be collected in a different way.

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Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

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In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. The goal was to become better grantmakers by completing a review of our practices, processes and forms. We incorporated learnings and feedback from grantee partners. Getting the right people in the room is key.

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10 Tips for Better Grant Management Processes

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Make information readily available to internal stakeholders so it’s easier for people to do their jobs. Review requirements before applying for or accepting awards to ensure that you understand what is necessary to effectively manage the grant and if the grant lifecycle is a good fit for your organization. Seek clarity.

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Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

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The team consolidated databases of both organizations and migrated the data to Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT and Raiser’s Edge NXT. Throughout a two-year project with Blackbaud, the Parkinson’s Foundation made gradual improvements to increase the engagement and experience of the organization’s 2.6 Find the Tools to Maintain Momentum.

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Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

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The team consolidated databases of both organizations and migrated the data to Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT and Raiser’s Edge NXT. Throughout a two-year project with Blackbaud, the Parkinson’s Foundation made gradual improvements to increase the engagement and experience of the organization’s 2.6 million constituents.

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5 Tips for Effective Healthcare Grantmaking

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Empower your grantees and reviewers so they know the process and expectations and do your best to meet those deadlines and communication expectations. The final piece is to identify the data you need to guide your grantmaking, both internally and what you would get from grantees and other external resources.