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Nonprofit finance, from the people building your ledger
Fund accounting, grants, compliance, and product updates — written for nonprofit finance teams.
How Local Governments Are Getting Buried in GASB 87 and What to Do Before Your Next Audit
GASB Statement No. 87 fundamentally changed how local governments account for leases — requiring right-of-use assets and lease liabilities that were previously off-balance-sheet. Many small and mid-size municipalities are still struggling with implementation years after the effective date. Here's how to build a compliant, audit-ready process.
July 5, 2026 · 8 min read
What Your Overhead Ratio Is Costing You (And How to Talk About It Differently)
The overhead myth is one of the most expensive misconceptions in the nonprofit sector. Here's how to change the conversation — and the trajectory of your organization.
July 4, 2026 · 7 min read
GASB Compliance Doesn't Have to Be This Hard: A Guide for Government Finance Officers
Managing fund restrictions, tracking GASB standards, and producing audit-ready reports is hard enough without fighting your accounting software. Here's how to make compliance feel manageable again.
June 28, 2026 · 5 min read
Nonprofit Fundraising Management: 6 Strategies That Build Donor Trust and Sustainable Revenue
Sustainable nonprofit fundraising isn't about working harder on the next campaign. It's about building the management structure underneath it — diversified revenue, financial transparency, donor retention, board engagement, and a tight connection between development and accounting.
June 22, 2026 · 8 min read
The Hidden Cost of Grant Reporting (And How to Justify Replacing Your Current System)
Most nonprofits know grant reporting is time-consuming. Few have ever calculated exactly how time-consuming — or what that time actually costs the organization. Here's the math.
June 18, 2026 · 6 min read
How to Track Multiple Grants Without Losing Your Mind
If you're managing more than three or four active grants, you've probably built a system that feels like it works — until it suddenly doesn't. Here's why the QuickBooks + Excel parallel system breaks down, and what to do about it.
June 18, 2026 · 6 min read
Why Grant Compliance Errors Happen — And the One System Change That Prevents Them
Most grant compliance errors aren't fraud. They're ordinary bookkeeping mistakes that become invisible when your accounting system and your grant tracking system don't talk to each other. Here's how to prevent them.
June 18, 2026 · 6 min read