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  • A volunteer opens the curtains in a community hall set up with tables and supplies before a morning program.

    Cash flow

    How to build a cash flow forecast for your nonprofit

    How to build a 13-week cash flow forecast for a nonprofit that separates restricted from unrestricted cash, follows grant and reimbursement timing, and turns the weekly review into decisions.

    The Visory Team
    18 min read
  • Two staff members unpack supply crates in a community room with chairs and a sign-in table partly prepared.

    Profit and growth

    When to hire at your nonprofit: a 5-metric hiring framework

    A program coordinator who looks “needed” is not enough. A 5-metric hiring framework for nonprofits that puts program need, surplus margin, revenue per FTE, reserves, and reimbursement timing in one view.

    The Visory Team
    10 min read
  • A program manager checks shelves of boxed supplies with a clipboard in a nonprofit storeroom.

    Bookkeeping

    Cash vs accrual accounting for nonprofits

    Accrual books are how a nonprofit stewards funds and reports to its board, funders, and auditors. Cash basis has narrow uses (the cash flow forecast, some compliance situations) but shouldn’t be your management view.

    The Visory Team
    9 min read
  • A community organization leader looks into a room being prepared for a program.

    Reporting and insights

    Nonprofit financial reporting that drives board decisions

    How nonprofit CEOs build the financial reporting that turns board meetings from scrutiny into strategy, and grant reports from fire drills into routine.

    The Visory Team
    12 min read

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