by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 29, 2024 | accounting, budgeting, cash flow projection, crisis, expenses, financial crisis, funding, nonprofit management, project proposal, reporting, SOPs | Finance Management
If you have your finance systems in place, you’ll never be surprised when a financial crisis hits. You’ll be able to see it coming from afar. So that you may even be able to avoid the worst coming to the worst. But just in case you’re hit by a financial crisis, here...
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 23, 2024 | accounting, budgeting, Excel, expenses, funding, Google sheets, nonprofit management, project finance, project management, project proposal, SOPs | Finance Management
Creating a financial report for your nonprofit doesn’t require exceptional knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets. I have 3 Excel tips for your nonprofit financial reports that are quite simple. I use them myself all the time. Literally every week. 1.SUMIF My absolute...
by Suzanne Bakker | Mar 16, 2024 | accounting, budgeting, expenses, funding, nonprofit management, project finance, project management, project proposal, SOPs | Finance Management
Accounting is supposed to be boring. Or confusing. And a bit scary. As in, when an auditor comes and finds a mistake … Accounting really has a bad name, right? With my nonprofit accounting tips I want to help change your mind about that! Because if you show your...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jun 8, 2023 | project plan, project proposal, storytelling | Fundraising
Someone asked a really great question: how can I present my project to a donor who is not nearby and cannot come and see what we do? I love the insight behind that question. The understanding that your donor needs to feel a connection to your project that’s not just...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jun 2, 2023 | funding, nonprofit management, project design, project grant, project proposal | Fundraising
Recently I wrote how crucial it is to make sure that the projects you develop are aligned with your vision, mission and value statement. Immediately, people asked me: “But what about the money?” Yes, I know all of us nonprofits need money. And you may think that means...
