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Grants & Compliance
Grant reporting, expiry tracking, and staying audit-ready.
De Minimis Indirect Costs: MTDC Checklist
Calculate de minimis indirect costs with the revised MTDC base, check older award terms, and avoid double charging with a practical nonprofit checklist.
October 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Single Audit Threshold: Fiscal-Year Checklist
Check the single audit threshold by fiscal-year start date, reconcile federal expenditures, and plan FAC deadlines without confusing awards with spending.
October 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Subrecipient Risk Review: A Practical Workflow
Build a subrecipient risk review that connects fraud risk, audit history, financial reports, corrective action, and funding uncertainty to monitoring.
October 26, 2026 · 9 min read
2 CFR 200 Explained: A Nonprofit's Plain-English Guide to Uniform Guidance
If your nonprofit receives federal grant money, 2 CFR 200 governs almost everything about how you spend, track, and report it. Here's what it actually requires — without the legalese.
August 15, 2026 · 9 min read
How to Pass the IRS Public Support Test: A Nonprofit's Guide to Form 990 Schedule A
A practical guide to Form 990 Schedule A, the two public support tests, and how to keep your nonprofit's public charity status secure.
July 22, 2026 · 7 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 2026 · 6 min read
How to Prepare for Your Nonprofit's Annual Audit: A Step-by-Step Checklist
Audits feel stressful when prep happens at the last minute. Follow this step-by-step checklist to get your books, documentation, and board ready well before your auditor arrives.
June 9, 2026 · 3 min read