The Capin Center for Nonprofit Excellence was founded to help nonprofit organizations understand and apply operational best practices so they can be good stewards of the resources entrusted to them. That’s why we are proud to co-sponsor the new Accounting and Financial Reporting Guide for Churches and Ministries published by the Accounting Committee for Churches … Continue Reading
CapinCrouse’s 2025 Key Tax Figures summary offers valuable tax information for use throughout the year. Designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, this annual summary covers key tax figures related to: Using accurate tax figures is crucial for effective financial planning and budgeting to ensure that your nonprofit maximizes tax benefits and remains compliant with IRS requirements. … Continue Reading
In today’s competitive nonprofit environment, organizations continually seek ways to improve their operations and attract more funding. Funders require more than a compelling mission; they expect demonstrated operational competence before investing. The OpX360 Finance & Accounting module from The Capin Center for Nonprofit Excellence offers a free, easy-to-use assessment to help your nonprofit evaluate your … Continue Reading
As part of The Capin Center for Excellence’s commitment to empowering nonprofits, our OpX360 online assessment tool is now available to your organization at no charge.
With IT affecting financial operations so heavily, nonprofits need to view IT and cybersecurity as organization-wide concerns influencing every employee, department, and process, including their financial statement audits.
Only 73% of nonprofits indicated their Board of Directors are all active donors and give financially every year. This is according to a OpX360 Executive Study of 155 nonprofits benchmarking their marketing, fundraising, and communication practices suggesting a reluctance of some nonprofits to either fundraise from board members or require board giving. BoardSource, another recognized leader in nonprofit board … Continue Reading
Nonprofits can increase their foundation funding by automating their manual grant management process through grant management smart tools that leverage industry best practices. There is no better time than now to demonstrate operational competence. What Are Grant Management Smart Tools? Grant management smart tools help foundations and nonprofits manage the grant process. Some tools are designed … Continue Reading
For our programs and ministries to be successful, we need to realize financial management matters. It is nearly impossible to accomplish the mission of your organization without cash and that is why financial management matters. Sometimes we are so focused on the specific program activities and outcomes that we neglect the infrastructure of the organization. … Continue Reading
Why Do Businesses Need Nonprofits? Not long along, only a few enlightened businesses actively promoted social issues as part of their marketing and branding. Today, corporate philanthropy and corporate social responsibility are integral parts of almost every serious business plan. Corporate philanthropy used to primarily take the form of a financial contribution and to a … Continue Reading
While most companies are becoming greener, some businesses are actually baking sustainability into their businesses to create breakthrough innovations, larger profits, and infectious social good. These ecologically-minded organizations are magnetizing consumers with a similar worldview to buy their products. And together with other like-minded individuals and entities, they are creating a “sustainable” community to help … Continue Reading
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