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A Modern Nonprofit Podcast: A Different Approach to Earned Income for Nonprofits

The Charity CFO

John Renouard is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization, WHOlives. Like many nonprofit entrepreneurs, John’s career path wasn’t centered around becoming a 501c(3) director. When he imagined his children experiencing this problem, this struck a chord and he wanted to do something about it.

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A Modern Nonprofit Podcast: It’s Giving Tuesday

The Charity CFO

This is especially true for Michelle Boggs , the Executive Nonprofit Industry Advisor at Classy. Finally, when it comes to proactively planning for Giving Tuesday, numbers matter. Not all nonprofit organizations are created equal either. Michelle shares that one of the best practices is proactivity. Get the free guide!

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A Modern Nonprofit Podcast: Characteristics of an Executive Director

The Charity CFO

On today’s episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, we have the Executive Director of Only Make Believe, Tamela Aldridge. A Day in the Life of an Executive Director An Executive Director of a nonprofit organization typically wears many hats. Tamela and her team build off of this mindset to fulfill their mission at Only Make Believe.

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Why Do Nonprofit Accountants Quit?

The Charity CFO

During the “Great Recession,” nonprofits have lost their accountants and financial directors at record rates. At the same time, hundreds of nonprofits are waking up to realize that the financial structure they’ve always relied on doesn’t work as well any more. So why do accountants leave nonprofit organizations?

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Cleaning Up the Skeletons in Your Financial Closet

The Charity CFO

“I don’t know if my nonprofit’s accounting systems are bad… and I probably won’t know for sure until something bad happens.”. 99% of nonprofit founders we work with don’t have a background in finance. This week on A Modern Nonprofit Podcast we discuss common red flags you can check today to verify your organization’s financial health.

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Changing the Conversation About Income Volatility

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And as the number of workers who experience income volatility is growing, the reach of the problem is growing as well. This isn’t something that is becoming a problem for one industry, race, gender, or age group – or in one place. The series kicked off June 1 in Columbia, S.C.,

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The Chart That Sparked A Debate On Global Poverty

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The chart in question, shown below, was produced by Our World in Data , a Gates Foundation -funded nonprofit website led by Max Roser. The ability to move, control and borrow money all have big effects on those numbers – and the standard of living beyond what absolute income counts can show.