How does cash flow impact—and how is it impacted by—the way a nonprofit does business? Fiscal Management Associates’ Hilda Polanco and John Summers discuss the number one critical component of any business: day-to-day liquidity.
This webinar explores the use of endowments and reserves—but, perhaps more importantly, it lays the groundwork for philanthropy to begin funding reserves. The session is useful for philanthropists, nonprofit staff and board members, and capacity builders.
Dashboards are enormously useful for keeping strategic goals in play. So, how do you create an effective dashboard? Financial-management experts Hilda Polanco and Sarah Walker guide readers through a step-by-step process, using real-life examples from a variety of nonprofit organizations.
Understanding your nonprofit’s capital structure is a critical part of skillfully managing a sustainable nonprofit—but in the nonprofit sector, the notion of capital is often misunderstood to the extent that it becomes self-limiting. In this article, adapted from one of NPQ’s most well-attended webinars ever, Financial Management Association’s Hilda Polanco and Dipty Jain describe the issues surrounding the various sources and uses of nonprofit capital.
Many nonprofits know they should be building reserves over time but find it hard to do so without hobbling their work. Perhaps with our improving collective understanding of the framework of full costs, funders could reeducate themselves about their responsibilities in that regard. Here’s a way for readers to begin to ask philanthropy for reserves.
This 90-minute webinar session will help nonprofit board members and executives understand the value and components of a good dashboard.
