Nonprofit Organizations & NGOs: Financial Management

Basic Guide to Non-Profit Financial Management

• Web guide from the Free Management Library covers the basics, budget creation, financial statements and analysis

Business Planning for Nonprofit Organizations

• Guide published by SCORE includes information on strategic and business planning and feasibility studies for nonprofits

Financial Management in the Nonprofit Sector: A Mission-Based Approach to Ratio Analysis in Membership Organizations

• Paper from the University of Wollongong, Australia, addresses financial performance assessment for nonprofits 

Guidestar Articles on Accountability, Ethics, and Trust in the Sector

• Online articles from Guidestar. While brief, they do cover a great number of issues and concepts of importance to nonprofit organizations.
• Since finances cut across all aspects of nonprofit work, consider viewing all the articles on Guidestar

Nonprofits Assistance Fund

• Many relevant articles and tools for operating nonprofit organizations
• These include:
• Annual Budget Checklist
• Sustenance in Lean Times provides numerous articles and links for financial operations during trying economic times
• Blog (Balancing the Mission) provides a wide range of financial news and observations for nonprofits 

Alliance for Nonprofit Management

• Useful resources available for nonprofit management issues. 

The Aspen Institute

• Great Resource with numerous full text reports on all aspects of nonprofit management
• Publications - Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)

Charity Accountability Standards

• Resource from the Better Business Bureau.
• Pages of note include:
  • Implementation Guide to BBB Wise Giving Alliance Standards for Charity Accountability