Financial Fraud Can Happen to You

This post expands upon the one I did last month on good practices for Managing Your Critical Business Accounts. I look more closely at financial risks, again, reaching out to a handful of nonprofit leaders who think about this topic every day. I know articles and posts about this topic are published frequently. My message is: Just because you are a nonprofit, just because you are a small organization, do not think you will not be attacked. Every leader I spoke with indicated that they have been targeted. And some have lost money because they were not prepared. Organizations Are… Read more

Avoid Chaos by Managing Critical Business Accounts

Working with business accounts in an organization can be challenging, especially when dealing with transitions or limited staffing. The Challenge I was involved with a small nonprofit organization that had only two employees. When one staff person left unexpectedly and was mostly unavailable, I stepped up – on an interim basis – to manage finance and operations. The process was more difficult than I expected. For example, I discovered that we lacked a shared contact list for key vendors, such as our attorney, insurance agent, and CPA. I had to piece together information from emails and invoices. Furthermore, the previous… Read more