- Your organization is living donation-to-donation and you worry about not making payroll.
- You don’t know how to translate your income statement and balance sheet into meaningful information for their donors, board, and other stakeholders.
- Your budget is confusing, hard to follow and track, and doesn’t really help you manage anything in your organization.
- You feel like you’re missing out on potential funding by not being able to share more insight from your numbers.
- You get restricted funding from donors but don’t understand the accounting rules on how you must track it.
- You get nervous about the annual audit, hoping they’re not going to find some glaring mistake that will jeopardize your funding or 501(c)(3) status.
- You don’t have a long-term revenue strategy and you’re worried about the sustainability of your organization.
- You’ve tried to hire finance staff to help manage your numbers, but you don’t know the right questions to ask and end up hiring the wrong people that don’t work out.
- Even though you appear successful, some days you feel like a terrible leader because you still don’t “get” your numbers.
- A bookkeeper codes and reconciles transactions in the past. While history can help assess mistakes and change course, it’s not where the money is. The money is in the future.
- Future thinking tells you how to spend your money to build sustainability and impact.
- Future thinking tells you the ROI on your programs so you can double down on what’s working well.
- Future thinking gives you a crystal ball so you can make your next move with confidence.
- How much is NOT knowing your numbers costing you?
- How many funding opportunities have you lost out on because your numbers are a mess?
- How many strategic decisions have you made, crossing your fingers that you’d have cash in the bank to cover it?
- Not mastering your numbers could be costing you a great deal.
FAQs
When does the course start and finish?
Unlike those pesky grant applications with super quick turnarounds, you have access to the course indefinitely! You can jump into any lesson and go completely at your own pace.
Do you guarantee results?
While we can’t guarantee any particular results, a Guidestar study shows transparent organizations received 53% more in contributions. So if you learn how to better understand and share your financials with your stakeholders, you will be building trust with your donors, leading to more donations and greater impact. So many wins! That being said, we would never want you to be unhappy! I believe this program is incredibly valuable but if you go through all of the course materials within 30 days of purchase and are unsatisfied, we will refund 100% of your purchase.
How are the materials presented? I don’t like [videos], [reading], [etc].
No worries, friend. The program includes videos, a full audio feed (like a podcast), transcripts, worksheets, and templates. There’s something for every style of learning.
Is this right for me? I’m a [Development Director], [Program Associate], [Executive Director].
If you’re a nonprofit professional, then this course is absolutely right for you. It’s vitally important for everyone in your organization to understand the financials to help us be more impactful and more sustainable, so no matter your position at your nonprofit, this is for you.
Will these strategies will work for my super unique nonprofit?
Most 501(c)(3) organizations are subject to the same standards, so I know that our templates and lessons will be able to help. No matter your niche, your nonprofit needs financial sustainability to make an impact for the long haul, so I’m confident we can help.
Can't I just find this information on Google?
Maybe, but I suggest not making the mistake of spending all your time searching then customizing what you find, when I’ve already compiled everything for you right here.
