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3 Key Challenges for Nonprofit Finance Teams • Complexity of accounting and funding streams • Reporting and visibility • Managing funds and grants • Cost allocations • Internal controls and compliance • Cash management Surviving in a Complex and Stressful Environment Nonprofit finance teams operate in a more challenging environment than ever before. Good financial stewardship plays a critical role in maintaining funding relationships and attracting new donors. Finance teams face pressure to provide full transparency for compliance and better visibility into both financial metrics and outcome metrics for the board, executives, donors, and government funders. At the same time, the complexity of accounting and funding streams is increasing, with a need for even small nonprofits to be able to account for funds, grants, projects, programs, and more. In today's dynamic environment, many organizations are partnering, collaborating, or even merging with other nonprofits or working with other affiliates. Introduction

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• Surviving in a Complex and Stressful Environment
• "There's a level of complexity here that is equivalent to what a major for-profit organization deals with."
• Surviving with Limited Resources
• Getting Beyond Survival, So Your Nonprofit Can Thrive
• The Basecamp of Nonprofit Accounting: The Chart of Accounts
• Why Chart of Accounts and Reporting Is Hard to Manage for Nonprofits
• Surviving the Traditional, Linear-Based Chart of Accounts
• Thriving with a Logic-Based Chart of Accounts
• "When I arrived we had 56,000 accounts in our chart of accounts. By leveraging Sage Intacct's dimension capabilities, we dramatically streamlined to just 100 accounts and can now tag transactions with detailssuch as specific programs and locations."
• Reporting and Compliance with a View
• Surviving with Rear-View Mirror Reporting and Manual Compliance
• Thriving with Future-Focused Financials and Automated Compliance
• Dashboards for Stakeholders
• Role-Based Dashboards
• Measuring What Matters―Outcomes and Mission Impact
• Automated Reporting of Outcomes
• "Before, everyone was in the dark, but with Sage Intacct it's a whole new world. Department managers can see precisely how they are doing with the click of a button... As a result, people are controlling their costs proactively, the organization's overall
• Find Your True North and Thrive
• Educational Resources to Help You Make the Right Decision
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