by Suzanne Bakker | Nov 21, 2021 | budgeting, call for proposals, expenses, finance management, income, project design | Finance Management
If you want to understand the real income from your fundraising actions, you must have insight into your expenses. So let’s have a look at the follow up question: how can you get insight into your expenses? How does an expense come about? It is very important to...
by Suzanne Bakker | Nov 14, 2021 | budgeting, call for proposals, expenses, finance management, income, project design | Finance Management
Now that you have mapped your fundraising process and are making sure you monitor and learn from each step, it is time to look at the effectiveness of your fundraising work. How can you determine what is the real revenue of your fundraising actions? Revenue To be...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jul 25, 2021 | budgeting, building trust, call for proposals, expenses, finance management, forming partnerships, fundraising, human resource management, income, non-profit management, project basics, project design, setting up, starting your project, team management, working with donors | Finance Management, Fundraising
When we spoke about co-funding (and about avoiding double funding) I said that systems are key. You need to have systems in place to make sure you record and report all income and expenses properly and with integrity. Having such systems in place, will help you build...
by Suzanne Bakker | May 16, 2021 | budgeting, building trust, call for proposals, expenses, finance management, forming partnerships, fundraising, income, project basics, project design, project management, setting up, starting your project, work-life mission, working with donors | Building Partnerships, Finance Management, Getting Started, Project Design, Working for Your Mission
Before you go out and ask a potential donor to support your plan, make sure you have developed a budget. So that you know what resources you need to implement the plan. In other words, before you do an ask, define exactly what you need. Why do I need to know my...
by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 11, 2021 | annual accounts report, budgeting, call for proposals, expenses, finance management, income, project design, year-end accounts report, year-end goals | Annual Reporting, Finance Management, Getting Started
Like you maybe, I am currently in the process of preparing annual accounts for different nonprofits. So, I am fully immersed in excel, accounting software, the fiscal year 2020 and … paperwork. I do admit it’s digital paperwork. But it’s good old-fashioned paperwork:...
by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 13, 2020 | annual accounts report, budgeting, expenses, finance management, human resource management, income, non-profit management, team management, year-end accounts report, year-end goals | Annual Reporting, Finance Management, Practical Labour Law & HR
With the holidays coming up soon, it is high time to think about your year-end work if you haven’t already. With year-end work I refer to tasks and checks that need to be done in preparation of the closing of the year. The aim of year-end tasks and checks is to make...
