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Non-profit Financial
Fundamentals Essentials to a Healthy Non-profit
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Welcome
• Introductions
• Your take-a-ways…
– For your organization– For you personally
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Financial Management’s Primary Role:
To control and direct the resources of an organization in support of the mission and goals.
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Our Objectives ……
• Provide an overview of the elements for sound financial management.
• Understand the fundamentals of financial management, why they are important, and how to implement them.
• Understand the tools necessary to manage grants and financial resources.
• Complete a self evaluation action plan that will improve your organizations grant readiness and improve your financial management capacity.
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Financial Management Elements
1. Strong Budget Process
2. Timely Management Reports
3. Strong Internal Controls
4. Consistent Documentation
5. Self Assessment & Capacity Development Plan.
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Financial Management Benefits
• Provides a financial plan to support achievement of goals.
• Promotes proactive decisions, not reactive ones.
• Establishes trust and confidence in donors and grantors.
• Provides a means to access more resources.
• Ensures integrity in the stewardship of the resources you have.
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Illustrations & Examples
• Structural steel in a building…• Engineering on Star Trek…• • • •
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What characteristics are critical to making a successful …
• Farmer ……
• Coach ……
• Parent ……
• Teacher ……
• Grocer ……
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The Faithful Fruitful Farmer
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Let’s start with a story….
Food & Warmth Inc.
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Food & Warmth Inc.
• Read the Case:
–What are the issues / problems you observe?
–What are the requirements to earn the grant?
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Element #1: Strong BudgetProcess
A budget is the foundation for all financial management.
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Budget Process
• Step 1: Build a statement of financial position for the past year.
• Step 2: Develop a one year budget for the upcoming year.
• Step 3: Project cash flows by month
for the time period in the budget.
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Budget Process Building Blocks
• Chart of Accounts & Accounting System
• Track Revenue by Source of Income
• Track Expenses by Administration, Fund Raising and Program.
• Track Revenue and Expenses by Grant & In-Kind Giving
• Project Cash Flow
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Chart of Accounts
Simply stated the chart of accounts allows you to categorize all financial transactions. It is the foundational building block for financial information and reports.
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Example Chart of Accounts
• What are the elements / categories you see in this example chart of accounts?
• What is missing from this chart of accounts? What accounts do you use in your own organization?
• How would this chart of accounts be useful in your role as the Food & Warmth Financial Manager?
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Review Food & Warmth Inc.
• Review the Budget Table. Does it provide for everything you need to satisfy the grant requirements?
• What is still missing?
• How does it compare to your own organizations budget?
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Anticipate Your Cash Needs
Project cash flows by month for the time period reflected in the budget.
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Budget Process Skills
• You can categorize and track different sources of revenue by program/department.
• You can separate out your administrative costs, fund raising costs, and program costs.
• You can report at least one past year of historical revenue and expenses.
• You can track grant specific revenue and expenses for the portion funded by the grantor and the part funded by your organization.
• You can forecast net cash flow by month.
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Self Evaluation Check List:#1: Strong Budget Process
• Review #s 1-17
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Element # 2 Timely Management Reports:
Reports provide the opportunity to focus• on the right things,
• demonstrate faithful stewardship,
• provide valuable information that guides and supports decision making in achieving the mission of your organization.
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Management Reports Building Blocks
• Timely: Ensure all deadlines are met.• Accurate: Use accounting data that has been
reviewed.• Complete: Contain all pertinent information relating
to the reporting period. • Identify costs by year and budget category.• Account for each grant separately.• Distinguish administrative, fund raising,
and program costs.
• Track program outcomes and indicators.
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Suggested Monthly Reports
• Monthly and year-to-date budget to actual reports.
• Monthly cash on hand.• Track & monitor restricted fund balance.• In-Kind giving by area.• Develop program outcomes and indicators
to go along with financial reports.
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Develop Reporting Skills
• Understand the difference between direct and indirect costs.
• Develop methods to allocate full costs to programs.
• Able to track restricted fund balance.
• Develop methods to capture in-kind contributions.
• Identify program metrics and indicators as well as financial reports.
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Indirect Cost Exercise
Category AdminFundrais
ingFood
BankClothing
Bank Total
Actual Annual Cost $40,000 $40,000 $260,000 $160,000 $500,000
Number Staff 1 1 2 2 6
Number Volunteers 8 6 14
Space Used 500 500 4,000 5,000 10,000
(Square Feet)
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Food & Clothing Inc. Example
• Direct Costs? ___________ • Indirect Costs? _________• Percent Breakdown:
– Admin: _______%, – Fundraising _______% – Program _______%
• Full Program Cost: – Food Bank $ ____________ – Clothing Bank $ ____________
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Self Evaluation Check List:#2: Timely Management Reports
• Review #s 18-22
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Element #3: Strong Internal Controls
The purpose of internal controls is to:
• Ensure expenditures are spent only upon proper authorization of management, for valid business purposes
• Ensure all disbursements are properly recorded.
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“Opportunity facilitates Temptation”
• Appropriate internal controls will protect your organization and your people.
• Given opportunity: – even an honest individual will be tempted.– an honest individual in great need is at great
risk of compromising their values.– a dishonest individual will award you with
responsibility for their fraudulent behavior.
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Internal Control Building Blocks
1. Board Approved Budget
2. Establish authority and process limits.
3. Cash management.
4. Segregation of duties.
5. Restricted fund management.
6. Establish performance standards.
7. Three bid requirement.
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1. Budget ; 2. Authority
1. Board Approved Budget: The Board reviews and approves the annual budget.
2. Established authority limits: Identify who is authorized to spend money and at what limit. Areas to set limits include the following:
– Determine who is a signer on each bank account.
– Set signature authority limits:• For example: Checks over $5,000 require two
signatures.• Program Director can authorize spending up to $500
without Executive Director approval.
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3. Cash Management
• Two count cash at all times
• Petty Cash account documentation and reconciliation.
• Target the number of days cash to have on hand.
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Target Days Cash on Hand
Target / Goal Average Monthly Expenses
Days Cash on Hand $10,000 $15,000 $20,000
30 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000
60 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000
90 $30,000 $45,000 $60,000
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4. Segregation of Duties
Segregation of duties means that no financial transaction is handled by only one person from beginning to end.
What are the dangers if the same person ….
Opens Mail
Counts Cash
Deposits Cash
Posts Deposit
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Design Segregation of Duties
• For your own organization fill out the Actual segregation of duties worksheet.
• Exchange your sheet with someone else and talk through how you could increase segregation of duties.
• Use the “Revised Segregation of Duties” to make any recommended changes. Think about non financial donated items as well.
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5. Restricted Fund Management
Money which has been restricted by the donor for a specific use.
For example: Buying a new building or starting a new program, should only be used for the purpose for which it has been given.
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Restricted Funds
• Receipt of grant funds usually is accompanied by a contract which spells out how the funds can be used.
• Develop a method to review the status of restricted funds on a monthly basis.
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Restricted Funds Example
FundsExample 1 Acct. Bal.
Example 2 Acct. Bal.
Total Cash All Accounts $ 120,000 $ 120,000
Restricted Funds
Building $ 60,000 $ 80,000
Federal Grant $ 15,000 $ 25,000
Intern Support $ 5,000 $ 20,000
Total Restricted Funds $ 80,000 $ 125,000
Unrestricted Funds $ 40,000 $ (5,000)
Total Restricted & Unrestricted $ 120,000 $ 120,000
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6. Establish PerformanceStandards
Establish goals for timeliness and accuracy. • Bill and reimbursement payment.• Deposits: Daily, no cash overnight.• Receipts.• Filing.• Account reconciliation monthly.• Treasurer review monthly;
– Cash on hand– Restricted fund balances– Bank account reconciliations
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7. Three Bid Requirement
Some grants require you to get three bids on purchases over a certain threshold. $500 is a common threshold. For example, purchase of a computer or lap top with software would require you to solicit three bids before purchase. Documentation of the bids would need to be saved.
See example “Procurement Form”
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Building Your Capacity
• Take the time to formalize your internal controls in the form of board approved policies and procedures.
• Plan to review your policies and revise them as needed at least annually.
• If you don’t start…it won’t get done.
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Self Evaluation Check List:#3: Strong Internal Controls
• Review #s 23-35
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Element #4: Consistent Documentation:
Financial & Program Activity
Documentation demonstrates stewardship and accountability in your organization relative the financial transactions.
It is being faithful in the daily “little” things that will prepare you for the trust donors and grantors will give you for greater resources.
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Documentation Building Blocks:
• Donations:• Expenses:• Bank Reconciliation• In-kind contributions.• Time sheets• Sign-In sheets
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Principles of Documentation
• Date• Signature• Sign in Sheet• Purpose• Originals filed• Use a three ring binder
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Review of Example Forms
• Request for Reimbursement• Request for Expenditure• Debit Card Expenditure• Electronic Funds Expenditure• Bank Transfer Authorization• Time Sheet• Volunteer Time Sheet
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Building Your Capacity
Develop the forms and process that will provide an efficient and accurate audit trail.
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Self Evaluation Check List:#4: Consistent Accurate Documentation
• Review #s 36-42
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Element #5: Self Assessment& Capacity Development Plan.
• The key improving is to determine what you need to work on, and get busy.
• Set your goals to incrementally improve.
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Self Assessment & Capacity Building Blocks
• Complete a self evaluation & take action.
• Develop the areas that will make you ready for grants.
• Complete an outside audit.
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Key Elements for Grant Readiness• Chart of accounts and accounting software that
supports segmentation and reporting of revenue and expenses by grant.
• Internal controls that ensure grant funds are expended according to the grant.
• Capacity to add the additional work not only for grant program implementation, but in the accounting and administrative areas.
• Develop a clear idea of what you need resources for.
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Fundamental Financial Elements
1. Strong Budget Process
2. Timely Management Reports
3. Strong Internal Controls
4. Consistent Documentation
5. Self Assessment & Capacity Development Plan.
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“Daily” “Faithful” & “Fruitful”