Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

5 Secrets Your Financials Reveal About Your Organization

One of the first items a potential new funder, major donor or banker will ask for are your financial statements. What are they seeing in your financials that goes into an evaluation of their consideration of your organization? What are your current funders looking for in your annual financials? Issues surrounding cash flow management, diversity of funding, net assets balances and the ability to operate are among the critical matters they’ll be using to evaluate your organization.

Joyce Miller, CPA, whose accounting and consulting practice serves all types of 501(c)(3) organizations, will begin with a basic review of the components of financial statements and what they mean to help you explore how your operations and policy decisions affect the view of your financial health.

 

Cost: Free to Nonprofit Center Members (two free admissions per organization annually for panels or Smarties)

One of the first items a potential new funder, major donor or banker will ask for are your financial statements. What are they seeing in your financials that goes into an evaluation of their consideration of your organization? What are your current funders looking for in your annual financials? Issues surrounding cash flow management, diversity of funding, net assets balances and the ability to operate are among the critical matters they’ll be using to evaluate your organization.