Templates and guides for nonprofit finance
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Restricted Fund Roll-Forward Template
Track every restricted grant and gift from opening balance to closing balance, generate your monthly net asset release, and check that the total agrees with your balance sheet. Flags overspent funds and awards about to expire.
Functional Expense Allocation Worksheet
Split salaries and shared costs across your programs, management and general, and fundraising, with a defensible basis for each. Produces the totals Form 990 Part IX asks for and your program expense ratio.
Nonprofit Month-End Close Checklist
Twenty-five steps in order, from collecting statements to locking the period, including the restricted fund steps general bookkeeping checklists leave out. Print one each month and initial as you go.
Nonprofit Compliance Calendar
Every federal filing, payroll deadline and governance task in one place: Form 990, 1099s and W-2s, donor acknowledgments, Single Audit, conflict of interest disclosures, plus space for your state and funder dates.
A Board Member’s Guide to Nonprofit Financial Statements
What each of the four reports at a board meeting tells you, what to look at first, and ten questions every board member can ask without being an accountant. Hand it to new board members at orientation.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Check deadlines and thresholds with your tax preparer each year.
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Every one of these is part of the monthly work we do for nonprofits across the country.