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By now the last remaining bits of tryptophan have left your system, and you are finally starting to recover from your Thanksgiving feast. It's time to prepare to close out 2006 and look ahead to 2007. As you plan for the new year, remember Nonprofits Assistance Fund for your financial management needs. Just let us finish this last piece of pumpkin pie first.
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Financial Fundamentals I & II
Our first workshop of 2007 has so much information we need two weeks to present it all. This workshop is perfect for new nonprofit employees, all board members, and executive directors looking for a financial refresher. Topics covered include:
- Budget and Planning
- Responsibilities and roles in financial management
- Record keeping and bookkeeping
- Financial reports
- Managing and controlling cash flow
- Management practices for financial stability
- Internal controls and financial policies
Join us on January 30th and February 6th for Financial Fundamentals.
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 Red Flags of Financial Problems
What sort of financial shape is your organization in?
We put together this checklist of red flags that nonprofits need to avoid. If any of these flags seem all to familiar to you, it may be time for an intervention. Contact Nonprofits Assistance Fund to help point you back in the right direction.
See all ten red flags
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Profile of Success - Anodyne Artists Company
With
the rush of art that fills Anodyne Artists Company, it is not until later that
you notice one of the painters is sitting in a wheel chair, the artist at the
pottery wheel has a walker by his side, or that the amazing pianist is blind. That’s just how Mary Pendergast, Anondyne’s
executive director, wants you to experience it.
“The art is first,” she says. “The disability shouldn’t even be
secondary.”
Learn more about Anodyne Artists Company
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Got Something to Say?
Nonprofits Assistance Fund's executive director Kate Barr tells you what she thinks in her weekly blog Balancing the Mission Checkbook. You may agree with her thoughts or have a different point of view. Share your insights in the comments section of each blog entry.
Past Topics
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Please...Give...More
The annual deluge of year
end requests for contributions has begun in earnest...I will certainly respond to some of them with a check, but others
will not get more than an annoyed glance.
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Nonprofit Boards, Chapter 1
The lesson that needs to be learned over and over is that each board member is responsible, not
just the treasurer or the board members who appear to be "experts".
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Do You Value Your Staff?
How can nonprofits justify spending 70%
of the budget on payroll?
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This
issue of Nonprofits Count:
Financial Fundamentals
Financial Red Flags
Profile of Success
– Anodyne Artists
Got Something to Say?
Nonprofits Assistance Fund
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Nonprofits
Assistance Fund is a nonprofit community development
organization that fosters community development and vitality by building
financially healthy nonprofits. Nonprofits Assistance Fund provides financing
for working capital, cash flow, equipment and facilities projects with a
focus on strengthening the operation and mission of nonprofits. We also offer
financial management workshops and advice that improve nonprofits' capacity
to carry out their mission.
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