Money, Mission and Strategy Workshop
Money, Mission, Strategy is an innovative peer-based educational clinic designed to equip nonprofits with the knowledge and skills they need to assess their financial health and incorporate practical financial planning tools into day-to-day communications and management.
Money: We analyze where you’ve been over the past 3 – 5 years so we can discuss where you’re headed.
Mission: Learn how to balance your organization’s mission with its financial realities.
Strategy: Learn to incorporate your organization’s financial needs into conversations with your funders, board, staff and stakeholders.
About Money, Mission, Strategy
Money, Mission, Strategy is an innovative peer-based educational clinic designed to equip nonprofits with the knowledge and skills they need to assess their financial health and incorporate practical financial planning tools into day-to-day communications and management. The clinic is composed of several components.
Program Objectives
- Participants will have a greater awareness and understanding of their organizations’ financial health and trends.
- Participants will be better able to evaluate their business model and understand how programs link to financial structure.
- Participants will employ better planning and budgeting practices.
Participants will receive an electronic copy of a diagnostic report detailing their organization’s financials in various charts. By the end of the clinic, each participating organization will have generated a framework (that includes the graphs, observations and next steps) that serves as a tool for communicating its financial condition and needs to board members, staff and funders.
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Eligible Organizations
- Small to medium sized nonprofit organizations
- Must have at least three to five years of audited financial statements
- Must complete application and commit to attend full session
- Willing to complete pre- and post-clinic surveys and finish a small amount of “homework”
Who Should Attend?
Two to three representatives from each nonprofit:
Executive Director
(must attend both Day 1 & Day 2)
Management or other staff member
with financial responsibility
(must attend both Day 1 & Day 2)
Board representative
(attendance suggested for Day 1 & Day 2)
Pricing
We are offering a special early bird rate of over 25% off for the first 6 participant organizations to complete intake into the program for our Ottawa clinic. The early bird rate is $250+HST. Rate after promotion ends is $350+HST. Intake, including submitting 3-5 years of audited statements and a completed intake form must be completed with CFF staff no later than 5pm on Thursday, November 5th, 2015.
For further information, contact:
Sarah MacNeil
smacneil [@] communityforwardfund.ca
(613) 366-1169.
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