New CNE Strategic Finance Training Series – This Fall

It’s no secret that achieving financial health in the nonprofit sector is a constant challenge.  In a recent Nonprofit Finance Fund national survey, 85% of the nonprofits who participated reported increased demand for services in 2011, and yet 57% indicated they have 3 months or less cash-on-hand; Eighty seven percent don’t expect their financial outlook to improve in 2012.  The economic pressure is real.  Add to this the changing funding landscape, including decreased government funding, and it’s no surprise that executive and board leaders struggle with creating business models that promote mission impact and financial sustainability. 

 

This fall, CNE is excited to offer 3 finance trainings to help nonprofit executives, senior staff and board finance committees understand and sell their business models while positioning their organizations for financial sustainability:

 

Getting & Telling Your Financial Story
September 26, 9am-12pm

Join expert presenters Gene Gregory, Director of Warren Whitney, and Jeff Sands, Executive Director of the UVa Engineering Foundation, for this workshop where you will have the opportunity to analyze your own organization’s financial needs, and learn how to connect your financial story to your strategy and mission to build your case for support. 

 

What Do Programs Really Cost?
October 4, 12-1:30pm

Join Celia Broadus, CPA,  for this session which will help you capture, analyze and use true program costs to help you make strategic decisions to manage a sustainable organization.

 

Linking Money to Mission
November 9, 9am-12pm

Join special guest Kristin Giantris from the Nonprofit Finance Fund for this workshop that will help you: understand, develop and use your financial information to make better (and often difficult) decisions; and build a culture of financial analysis, planning and management that reinforces both mission and organizational strength.

 

These are mid-level and advanced trainings geared toward nonprofits who have budgets, varied sources of income and finance staff and/or board committees.  Come to 1, 2 or all 3 in the series and take the opportunity to strengthen your organization’s financial health.