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Back to Basics: How to Set Up Your Nonprofit Chart of Accounts

Blue Fox

Introducing the Chart of Accounts (COA) Are you ready to nerd out on nonprofit accounting? Introducing the Chart of Accounts (COA) - the foundational accounting tool every nonprofit leader needs to get right for maximum financial insight and awareness. What is a Chart of Accounts? It’s just that important.

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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

sgEngage

All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. While nonprofits will hopefully see an increase in unrestricted funds—and a decrease in burdensome reporting requirements—as part of this and other movements, good nonprofit accounting principles still apply. They don’t come with any direction or reporting requirements.

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A New Way to Simplify Fundraising Seating Charts

Greater Giving

How to easily manage and assign seating at your fundraising event Seating charts at benefit auctions are not for the faint of heart. You don’t have to dread the seating chart with Greater Giving’s automated table seating tools. The post A New Way to Simplify Fundraising Seating Charts appeared first on Greater Giving Blog.

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Topping the charts in 2022: The 10 most-read Candid blogs 

Candid

It’s a fun and popular way for folks to rediscover and reconnect with their favorite tracks from 2022. Topping the charts of most-read Candid blogs of 2022: the overhead myth. An open grant report to MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett by Ann Mei Chang of Candid.

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

sgEngage

They’ll work together to ensure the system is configured to automate board reporting and UDS data so that you have more free time for other priorities. 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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A Beginner’s Guide to Nonprofit Financial Reporting

Greater Giving

Reporting is a key aspect of nonprofit financial management. Besides promoting accountability at your organization, financial reporting is legally required according to government regulations for nonprofits. However, your reports can also provide insight into your organization’s financial situation. Let’s get started!

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Don’t Jeopardize Your Nonprofit Compliance with a Commercial Accounting System?

sgEngage

If all your Ts aren’t crossed and your Is aren’t dotted on your grant reporting, your chances of repeat funding from that entity are low. When your accounting system is not built to handle restricted funding , each report can feel like a fire drill. It’s not just the end-of-grant reporting that can cause problems.

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