More Funding, More Problems?
Has your nonprofit been experiencing a lot of growth or have you started adding funding through new grants? It’s great, right? You’re able to better support your community and have more resources to help fulfill your mission. But, with more funding, comes a few more problems. A lot of smaller nonprofits go for the fast …
Community Brands Partners: Top 10 Things to Check Out at Xperience 2018
It’s hard to believe Xperience, Community Brands first ever tech conference, is less than a month away! Attending this event is going to be an amazing opportunity for you to network with fellow partners, customers, industry leaders, and Community Brands team members.
Because our partners are such vital members of the Community Brands ecosystem, we’ve developed a full slate …
Xperience 2018 Must-Dos for Nonprofit Finance Professionals
With 140+ educational sessions, 2,000 professional peers, inspirational keynotes, and a venue like the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, we want to ensure your time at our first ever Community Brands conference, Xperience 2018, is well spent! Here are five suggested must-dos for accounting, finance, and operations professionals:
1. Review Helpful Information
Letter for your …
Xperience 2018: What to Expect
This blog was originally posted on #Onward, The YourMembership Blog.
It’s hard to believe another year has gone by, and what a year it’s been. A year ago, Community Brands was formed when we brought together association and nonprofit technology leaders Abila, Aptify, NimbleUser, and YourMembership. We later added Configio for registration and event management …
Have an Audit Coming Up? Refresh With Audit Basics
Audits can be scary – and you and your team may dread them – but preparation can go a long way to a successful audit. So, where do you start? Whether you’re new to audits or perform two a year, it’s always a good idea to brush up on audit basics to begin preparations. This …
Best Practices for Your Nonprofit Audit
Are you stressed because you have an audit coming up? Don’t be! Audits need not be painful, IF you prepare for them. To help, here’s some of our best advice for making your next audit painless and using it to align your nonprofit’s financial practices with your mission.
Selecting the Right Auditor
Work with your board, especially …
Effectively Manage Your Nonprofit’s Grants
Grants are essential sources of revenue for most nonprofits. They’re critical for your mission, but carry with them a high burden of monitoring and accountability. Proper allocation, tracking, and reporting are essential to ensure your organization receives ongoing funding.
A lot of you out there are probably trying to manage this via spreadsheets, and maybe you’re able …
Nonprofit Spring Cleaning: 5 Programs and Services Headaches to “Clean Up” with Fund Accounting
If your nonprofit provides programs and services, chances are they’re more than a valued and central resource to the community – they’re a crucial source of revenue and core to fulfilling your mission.
Unfortunately, we know managing these programs and services can be complex on a daily basis for a variety of reasons. In our latest …
Three Best Practices to Optimize Your AP Process
It’s no secret technology is changing the way we do business. There are countless examples of this – just one being nonprofit accountants transforming accounts payable (AP) processes and saving time and trees with automation.
Holding on to paper may seem safe, but paper processes are the highest target for fraud, missed payments, and manual mistakes. …
New Year, New Rules: Tax Act Implications for Nonprofits
The long-awaited tax legislation, formally known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, enacted December 22, 2017, is hailed as “sweeping” reform by some. While you may wish you could just “sweep” it under the rug and keep rolling, nevertheless, this is a new year and there are new rules.
Payroll Impact
Just as the Tax Relief …