by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 8, 2020 | call for proposals, project design | Project Design
Most not-for-profits never lack ideas of things they could do if they had a little bit of money (or a lot). But if a call for proposals comes by it sometimes becomes clear that not all ideas are workable. Not all ideas are a full project. Some ideas might have gotten...
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 1, 2020 | building trust, call for proposals, forming partnerships, fundraising, project basics, project design, working with donors | Project Design
I know no not-for-profit that is not excited when they see a call for proposals. After all, a call to send in a proposal is a chance of contributing to your organization’s objectives. It is a possibility for receiving money that can help you work on your mission. An...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 5, 2020 | budgeting, expenses, finance management, human resource management, planning, project design, team management | Nonprofit management
For many not-for-profits, staff is one of the key expenses for their work. While many funders do not like to feel they are subsidizing salaries, and prefer to contribute to real, tangible activities and products. That makes staff salaries a sensitive part of any...
by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 22, 2019 | accounting, budgeting, documentation, expenses, finance management, project design | Finance Management
In my previous post I wrote about proof of delivery – what is needed to be able to prove and justify expenses properly. I used an example of an event in a hotel which included lunch and coffee breaks. But I did not specifically touch upon expenses for food and drinks....
by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 8, 2019 | accounting, documentation, expenses, finance management, project basics, project design | Finance Management
How do you account for expenses? I don’t mean, how do you book them. What I mean is, what documentation do you collect and keep to make sure (and be able to show) that the expenses are real? In other words, what is your proof of delivery? In one of my previous blogs I...
