Nonprofit Ace Podcast

Gut Check

This season. I want you to get a better understanding of the return and how it fits into the foundational pieces for a healthy nonprofit.

Those pieces being your mission, your priorities, your tools and storytelling. Click here to read the full transcript.

So What's The 990

This season is all about the IRS form 990, an informational return for nonprofits. I want you to have a better understanding of the return and how it fits into the foundational pieces for a healthy nonprofit. Those pieces being mission, priorities, tools and storytelling.

For that reason, this season is brought to you by my DIY 990 clinic, which will be on April 21st at 9am MT. This clinic is for those of you who want to plan on filing your own 990 but want access to a CPA while working on the form. It's also for you if you want to set aside 90 minutes to work on the form so that you can continue to do your work in the community. Be sure to check out the link in our transcripts to learn more. What is the IRS 990? It is an informational return telling the IRS what your organization is doing yet allows for standardization across nonprofits in general. The IRS 990 is due five months and 15 days after the year end. So if you have a December 31 year-end that means yours is going to be due May 15. You can definitely file an extension.

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What I learned

Something that I'm continuing to learn for myself, is you have to put it out there. If you have a nonprofit that you feel super overwhelmed with, one that you're like, "I don't even know if I should start this," start somewhere. Click here for the full transcript.

StoryTime Part 2

So here's part two about why your stories are important, and why the financials matter, and you should be looking at them. Click here for the full transcript.

StoryTime

We had a client who straight up lied to their board about the financials. So what happened was, they were not updating their financials, they were just like, "Yo, I know people paid us money. I think these numbers look good." And the board was just taking it. Click here to read the full transcript. 

Can a Nonprofit Make a Profit

Today I want to talk with you about can a nonprofit make profit. Yes! While an organization might be called a nonprofit or a not for profit organization, it's not because you're not expecting to make any money. It's because that's not why you exist. Click here to read the full transcript. 

Real Life Require Processes & Procedures

This is another episode of me sharing a little bit more about tools that you can use. So a really good thing to have in place for your organizations are processes and procedures. This is important if something goes wrong. Click here to read the full transcript. 

Three Free Tools For Managing It All

Today's episode is about my sharing some free tools that you can use to show your organization's impact. To read the full transcript, click here. 

Nonprofit or ForProfit

This is going to be another Q&A episode. This one was inspired by some questions I got from my purpose to platform sisters. One of the questions was, is there a list of questions you should ask yourself to decide on whether your new business should be a nonprofit or a for profit business?  Click here for full transcript.

Where Does The Budget Start?

Your budget is not something you can throw together. That is what I see a lot is that either people are not putting enough thought into their budget or they're putting too much thought into their budget. So you need to be on a nice middle ground. Click here to read the full transcript.