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The Nonprofit Accounting Software Buyers Guide contributed by Sage Intacct
Download the Nonprofit Accounting Software Buyer’s Guide to get a valuable tool to help you evaluate and select the right accounting software for your nonprofit.
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The COVID-19 Impact: How 3 NGOs are adapting to the new normal contributed by Western Union Business Solutions
As the global economy continues to struggle with this unprecedented crisis, here’s how three NGOs are meeting the challenge.
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How to Check a Bank Reconciliation Statement – Top Tips
A bank reconciliation is a very powerful control tool that enables the organisation to identify omissions and errors in its own records, as well as being the only way to spot cheque fraud, bank errors and even bank fraud. It is therefore very important for managers to carefully check bank reconciliation statements every month.
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Reading Project Budget Monitoring Reports – Top Tips
A budget monitoring report is a financial report that shows actual income and expenditure for a certain period compared to the budget for the same period. Finance staff should prepare budget monitoring reports regularly throughout each project, normally once per month
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Risk Register
This risk register can be used to record the risks you identify, the assessment of their severity, controls identified and actions taken.
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Petty Cash Float Top-Up Example
When you operate a fixed float for petty cash (called an imprest) then the amount you top up is always equal to the amount that you spent. This form lists out all the payments made since the previous top up, as the basis for requesting the next top up. Use it every time you wish to top up your petty cash float, so that signatories can know what the money was spent on before withdrawing more cash from the bank.
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Payroll Spreadsheet
This payroll spreadsheet can be used in most countries, and is designed for small NGOs with fewer than 15 or so employees.
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Journal Voucher Example
A transaction involving money is always backed up by a payment voucher or receipt. The equivalent back up document for a transaction not involving the movement of money is called a journal voucher. Examples of 'non-cash' transactions include to recognise a donation in kind of a computer, to correct a coding error in a previous closed month, to charge interest on a loan or depreciate fixed assets.
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Funding Grid Example
A funding grid is also sometimes called an income allocation grid. As you submit funding proposals, sign grant agreements and generate unrestricted income through the year, use the funding grid to keep track of how much of your annual budget is funded. It helps you identify funding gaps and potential double funding.
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EARP Brochure contributed by KonTerra Group
The KonTerra Group’s Employee Assistance & Resilience Program (EARP™) was born out of the recognition that traditional support for staff in international humanitarian and development organizations – especially those in high-stress environments – has failed to adequately meet needs. With increases in threats to aid workers worldwide and record-breaking numbers of staff impacted by exposure to chronic stress and trauma, organizations are eager to find new solutions to support their staff and fulfill their duty of care.
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