Finance Fundamentals for Nonprofits: Building Capacity and Sustainability, with Website

Do good, and do it well—with the ultimate nonprofit finance guide

Shedding light on the similarities and differences between nonprofits and for-profit businesses, Finance Fundamentals for Nonprofits is a solid foundation exploring the best practices and finance principles you need to understand the ins and outs of nonprofit finance.

Accompanied by a user-friendly website providing a variety of online tools to help you implement the book's concepts, this comprehensive and jargon-free guide is the reference you'll turn to again and again for authoritative advice on:

• How nonprofits are (and are not) like for-profit businesses

• Measuring past performance

• Values-centered investing

• How financial statements and IRS Form 990 differ

• Reconciling budgets and Form 990

• Why nonprofits do what they do

• Ordinary service providers, membership associations, and endowed service providers

• Managing revenue to maximize growth

• Formulas for goal-setting and diagnostic measurements of sustainability

• S&P metrics of financial capacity for grantmakers

Filled with real-world case studies, Finance Fundamentals for Nonprofits is essential reading for every nonprofit professional, with actionable advice for sustaining your nonprofit's lasting financial health.