Adding It All Up: Nonprofit CFO Study - Blue Avocado
A survey of 906 nonprofit finance professionals reveals some surprises about these crucial-but-often-overlooked staff.| Blue Avocado
A survey of 906 nonprofit finance professionals reveals some surprises about these crucial-but-often-overlooked staff.| Blue Avocado
Steve Zimmerman, CPA, MBA, is principal at Spectrum Nonprofit Services, a finance and strategy consulting firm based in Milwaukee. With Jeanne Bell and Jan Masaoka, he co-authored Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability, published by Jossey-Bass in 2011. In addition to writing the Finance & Strategy column for Blue Avocado and consulting to nonprofits across the country, Steve conducts train-the-consultant sessions how to use the book’s framework wit...| Blue Avocado
Attorney Gene Takagi and Emily Nicole Chan discuss whether nonprofit boards can vote by both mail and email.| Blue Avocado
Information about Form 990 and your nonprofit filings. Hopefully this will keep your fiscal year-end stresses at bay!| Blue Avocado
Interview with Norma Mtume, former Black Panther and co-founder of SHIELDS for Families in Los Angeles.| Blue Avocado
Different nonprofits have different trajectories that result in different assets at a given stage of development.| Blue Avocado
Calculating overhead rates and managing expenses are important roles. Board members need to bring an informed perspective to oversight.| Blue Avocado
Jan is a former editor of Blue Avocado, former executive director of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, and has sat in on dozens of budget discussions as a board member of several nonprofits. With Jeanne Bell and Steve Zimmerman, she co-authored Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability, which looks at nonprofit business models.| Blue Avocado
Defining the desired outcome and what constitutes success in measurable terms helps stakeholders align their actions and priorities, ensuring that every effort is geared toward achieving this shared vision. The post Vision Before Strategy: A Nonprofit’s Guide to Defining Success appeared first on Blue Avocado.| Blue Avocado
Beyond helping nonprofit leaders understand the business model, the Matrix Map can help you strengthen it.| Blue Avocado
Strategic philanthropists, big bettors, and effective altruists all lionize the ability to measure problem-solving strategies. But what exactly do they think they are observing when they diagnose a problem? What gives them the confidence to pursue the root cause they think they see? Why privilege one strategy when there are many others at hand?| Blue Avocado
Adopting collective leadership can help your nonprofit create a more inclusive, efficient, and flexible organizational structure.| Blue Avocado
How to remove a board member that consistently disrupts meetings or is otherwise destructive and demoralizing.| Blue Avocado
