This is a live, online event where you’ll participate actively with other attendees! 

Registration for this training is offered on a sliding scale depending on your individual and organizational access to financial resources. Our sliding scale is an intentional effort to distribute resources equitably between organizations and individuals we work with. If your personal or organizational budget allows, please pay the Sustain or Redistribution cost so we can keep registration accessible for leaders and organizations who may not be in the same position. Greater access strengthens us all!

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Are your financial reports providing the right level of detail and the most relevant information to those who use them? Do these reports help inform your strategy and tactical decision-making? How we spend our money reflects our values, so shouldn't our financial reports tell the powerful story of our work?

When well-designed, a nonprofit accounting system should provide critical, accurate data for decision-making, reporting, financial management, and future planning. Your finance function and the financial reports it produces are most effective when properly (and artfully!) aligned with your organization’s programs and mission. 

Join Shétu Rose and Chris Vanecek of Diverge Finance Cooperative as they guide you through this practical look at designing your accounting system to augment and amplify your organization’s programs and mission. This workshop will support nonprofit staff to configure your chart of accounts (rows) and program/funds (columns) to map your organization’s business model effectively. 

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is designed for all nonprofit staff (executive leadership, finance, program, and development) and committee members who use and share organizational financial data. Organization and program leaders will learn to articulate and advocate for accounting systems that provide accurate information for making strategic decisions and telling the story of your work. Finance staff will learn ways to ensure that your accounting systems match and mirror the organization’s mission and program purposes.

This session outlines how to...

• identify the way your organization most naturally describes its work and create meaningful financial reports to mirror that structure,

• envision how to better communicate financial information, to your board, your staff, the public, and funders.