Cash management is the process of collecting, handling, and using cash. Additionally, it involves assessing liquidity, cash flow and investments.
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Financial Management
Financial Management refers to the process by which a business or organization tracks and manages its cash, credit, expenses, and revenue streams to ensure profitability and its ability to meet organizational objectives. In a nonprofit context specifically, we can think of financial management as being the backbone enabling the organization to carry out and fulfill its programmatic mission. Sound financial management is absolutely critical for an organization’s long-term success and sustainability!
In this section, you’ll find content related to cash flow and cash management; budgeting, planning, and tracking of finances; financial reporting; and financial infrastructure.
All Financial Management Resources
We invite you to dive into what a DBL analysis is, what information it surfaces, and how your ESE can utilize this information to strengthen both sides of your enterprise. Throughout this workshop, we will feature real world examples from your ESE peers to help illustrate just how impactful this tool can be!
In this workshop, we will explore the unique role of the nonprofit board in supporting an organization’s financial resilience, as well as the importance of the ED/Board partnership.
This engaging workshop will help leaders create full-cost budgets that incorporate their organization’s programmatic revenue needs as well as its capacity and long-term financial needs. By creating a full cost budget that incorporates all of the types and amounts of money they need, social sector leaders can make a better case for support that drives excellent programs and the long-term sustainability of the organization.
NFF share their insights for quickly understanding financial health and performance using nonprofit financials, including how donor-restricted funding may obscure the overall picture. The second part of the session digs into why capital structure matters and what a healthy balance sheet should look like for your growth-minded nonprofit.
Fixed and variable costs refer to the categorization of business expenses depending on whether they are affected by changes in product/service quantity sold, or whether they remain constant regardless of quantity sold.
Double Bottom Line (DBL) financial analysis helps us understand how financially self-sustaining each part of our ESE is. Download this resource to create and analyze your own DBL income statement.
This is a helpful resource for those seeking to better understand the terminology and concepts related to Employment Social Enterprises (ESEs) and the broader field of social entrepreneurship.
Designed to empower organizations with the knowledge and tools needed to excel in managing Federal grants, these engaging sessions cover critical topics, including Uniform Guidance essentials, Single Audit preparation, and best practices for compliance.
Financial infrastructure and internal controls are the accounting systems and processes that enable the management and security of an organization’s cash, inventory, payments, invoicing, and other money-related business processes.