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5 Tips for Community Health Centers to Transition to New Fund Accounting Software

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You don’t need a big staff to successfully implement new fund accounting software —you just need to be able to tap into the right skills on your team or know when to rely on an outside consultant. It will help you envision the ease of an optimized structure for your chart of accounts and the business rules that will be most beneficial.

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QuickBooks for Nonprofits PRO TIP:  How to Use Classes for Painless Grant Writing

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Here's a class tracking overview with more details and instructions on how to set up classes and get started. (If Here's how we describe it: In the for-profit world, classes are often used for cost center or location-based tracking of revenue and expenses. ​ If anything, let’s review your chart of accounts and class set up.

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Boosting Your Nonprofit: Why Your Digital Presence Matters

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For example, nonprofits with technical expertise or that work with technology consultants may create optimized online spaces for donors that make giving easy and teach supporters about their nonprofit through interactive content. Whatever options you choose, however, ensure you have a way to track your progress and work toward improvement.

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7 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Build a Strong Financial Foundation in 2024

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Instead of just asking for information, make sure everyone is aware of why you are applying for a grant, what the budget restraints are, and the process for tracking spend. And yet, tracking and managing restricted funding and grants is not something for-profit businesses have to do. Is your chart of accounts unmanageable?

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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Data is part of the tracking and monitoring innate to grantmaking and can be part of intentional organizational learning processes. The team included the director, board chair, administrative marketing and communication staff and a community engagement consultant.

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Beyond the Audit: 6 Best Practices to Build and Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Audit Firm

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The Audit Relationship: Then and Now Change management has not historically been an area where nonprofits consulted their auditor. Audit teams would then be caught off guard, unaware of either newly implemented accounting systems, new chart of accounts, or changes in processes and management roles.

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Nonprofit Strategic Planning: Ultimate Guide + 7 Examples

Bloomerang

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. This nonprofit strategic planning model helps organizations get back on track if they have strayed from the path to success. Decide how to address each of those elements to get your organization back on track.

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