The Charity CFO

JULY 19, 2024

What is a Chief Financial Officer (CFO)? A Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a senior executive in charge of the strategic direction and goal setting of a nonprofit’s accounting and financial management. Each role provides a unique set of skills and fills various financial needs of an organization.

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The Charity CFO

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This makes it challenging to create technology that tracks data for fundraising purposes while still following accounting principles. Let’s explore why these two systems will likely never fully integrate by considering their separate purposes and data requirements. Need some help interpreting your financial data?

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 5, 2022

Cash accounting does not comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for nonprofit organizations. So if you expect to grow or search for new sources of funding, you’ll probably need to graduate to accrual-basis accounting. Is Accrual Accounting a Requirement For You? Get the free guide!

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It’s a list of the accounts you use in your organization to track your financial transactions. You don’t record any financial data in the Chart of Accounts itself; it’s like an organizational map of your accounting structure. Those number and name conventions are as follows: . Assets-1000s.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 25, 2024

Big companies used to hog all the CFO action, but now even small and medium-sized businesses are jumping on the bandwagon. Why the sudden CFO craze? Well, CEOs are cluing in on the fact that having a financial expert on board can steer their ship in the right direction and spur business growth. As the Director of Amyris Inc.,

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

But the experience, responsibilities, and deliverables required of bookkeepers are very different from those required of accountants. . A bookkeeper records and organizes financial data; an accountant interprets and presents that data. . At The Charity CFO, we handle the books and all of your accounting needs.

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The Charity CFO

JULY 12, 2024

Benefits of Accrual-Basis Accounting for Nonprofits Switching to accrual-based accounting can have a lot of benefits for nonprofit organizations. Many regulatory bodies and grantors require accrual-basis financial statements. Better transparency also helps you stay compliant with regulations or grant requirements.

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