As a funder you want to champion social good. And you want your partners to have the tools and resilience to do it. With the first financial reporting standard designed specifically for nonprofits, you have the chance to accomplish just that while easing reporting burdens for your partners and accessing clearer financial reports.
This consultancy helps funders and their partners prepare for INPAS, the International Nonprofit Accounting Standard. It builds a shared understanding, equips teams with practical tools, and supports implementation through group learning and sustained improvement.
Through the consultancy you will:
- Save time and reduce duplication through harmonized grant reports
- Gain a clear understanding of INPAS Practice Guide 1 and how it improves financial reporting
- Better alignment between your partners and your grant and finance teams
Practical Expertise & Proven Solutions
1. Assessment: Establish a clear starting point
Our assessment is a practical review of current financial reporting practices. This helps identify strengths and gaps against INPAS requirements.
Using insights from the assessment, we then create a prioritized plan for increased alignment.
2. Training: Build your knowledge of INPAS
Equip your finance and grant teams to:
- Explain what INPAS is and why it matters
- Use INPAS principles to improve reporting quality
- Apply INPAS Practice Guide 1 to improve grant reporting, expense categorization, transaction recording, and shared understanding across teams
3. Formats and templates: Make adoption easier
Understand and adopt ready-to-use templates that follow INPAS standards, such as the harmonized grant reporting format and the moment in funds that support reconciliation.
These tools reduce extra work, support accurate and consistent reporting, and make it easier for your teams to apply INPAS from the very beginning.
4. Community: Move faster together
You will have access to an online community of practice, a dedicated space where your teams and partners learn with and from each other.
By sharing ideas, solving problems, and exchanging practical experiences, members build confidence and strengthen collaboration. This collective learning approach helps everyone apply INPAS more consistently and accelerates implementation across your organization.
5. Track Progress: Keep Improving
Together with your team we use feedback, reviews, and group sessions to track progress and spot areas that need extra support as well as celebrating the improvements.
Expected outcomes and results
- Stronger trust through clear, standard reporting
- Simpler reporting with less duplication
- Better use of time with shared tools and templates
- Improved teamwork across finance and program teams
- Stronger skills to use INPAS and Practice Guide 1 well
- Ongoing improvement through regular reviews
- Less administrative work for nonprofits
- Better grant reporting with fewer mistakes
- Clearer financial data across funders
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By the end of this consultancy, your partners will be able to:
- Prepare grant reports using INPAS Practice Guide 1 templates
- Match grant reports with audited financial statements
- Explain the value of INPAS to internal and external stakeholders
- Use INPAS expenditure headings and reconciliations, even if not fully INPAS-compliant
By the end of this consultancy, your internal teams will be able to:
- Review and understand INPAS-aligned reports
- Support grantees in using INPAS Practice Guide 1
- Promote clear and consistent financial practices across partners
Who is this designed for?
- Funder finance and grant staff who review financial reports
- Nonprofit finance and program staff who prepare financial reports
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