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NONPROFIT FINANCIAL HEALTH BASICS DURING A CRISIS PERIOD AND HYPER-CHANGE:IMPACT ON FINANCIAL HEALTH AND CONTINUITY
A. Michael Gellman, CPA, CGMA, CFSO
6.24.2020
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A. Michael Gellman, CPA, CGMA, CFSOFiscal Strategies 4 Nonprofits, LLC
Sustainability Education 4 [email protected]
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Part I
➢Understanding Financial Health
➢ Balance Sheet
➢ Accrual Basis vs. Cash Basis
➢ Key Parts of the Balance
Sheet
➢ Impact on Financial Health
Part II
➢ Pivoting to 3-Month Rolling Budgets
➢ Strategy
➢ Process
➢ 3-Month Budget Template
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PART I
UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTHAND SUSTAINABILITY
BALANCE SHEET
KEY TO FINANCIAL HEALTH
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UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
BALANCE SHEET
Accrual Basis Accounting
vs.
Cash Basis Accounting
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UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
COMPONENTS OF ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
❑Assets
❑ Liabilities
❑Net Assets
➢ Revenue and Support
➢Expenses
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UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
ASSETS Assets Cash
Cash Equivalents
Investments
Accounts Receivable
Pledges Receivable
Other Receivables
Prepaid Expenses
Inventory
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UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
ASSETS
➢ Assets (continued)
➢ Fixed Assets
➢Deposits
➢Other Assets
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UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
LIABILITIES
➢ Current Liabilities
➢ Accounts Payable
➢ Accrued Expenses
➢Deferred Income
➢Deferred Liabilities
➢Grants Payable
➢Debt
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➢ Non-Current Liabilities
➢ Accrued Expenses
➢ Deferred Income
➢ Deferred Liabilities
➢ Grants Payable
➢ Debt
UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
LIABILITIES
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UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
NET ASSETS
How Different from For-Profits?
➢ Two Classes
1. Without Donor Restrictions
➢ Unrestricted
➢ Undesignated
➢ Board Designated
2. With Donor Restrictions
➢ Temporarily Restricted
➢ Permanently Restricted
➢ Endowments
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UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
CASE STUDY – REPORTS
Explore Sample Balance Sheets
“Key Facts vs Hidden Clues”
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UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
REVENUE AND SUPPORT
➢ Support
➢Contributions
➢Grants
➢ Revenue
➢Membership Dues
➢ Registrations
➢ Fees for Service
➢Catalogue Sales
➢ Interest Income
➢Miscellaneous
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UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
EXPENSES
➢ Three Categories
➢ Programs
➢ Fundraising
➢General and Administrative
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PART II
PIVOTING
TO SHORT-TERM
ROLLING 3-MONTH BUDGETS
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PROTECTING FINANCIAL HEALTH
Both Strong and Weak Nonprofits
Must Pivot to
Rolling 90 Day – 3 Month Budgets
Until True Recovery Begins
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PROTECTING FINANCIAL HEALTH
Because there is So Much Uncertainty Around the Crisis
and Timing, Scope and Pace of Change
We Need to Pivot Planning From Annual Budgets to
Short-Term Rolling 3 Month Budgets
Until True Recovery Begins
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3 MONTH ROLLING BUDGETS
Strategy
• Assess Short-Term Sources of Funding
• What Has Changed?
• Assess Capacity and Demand for Services
• Uncontrollable
• Controllable
• Assess Impact on Bottom-line – (Deficits)
• Assess Risk to Financial Position
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3 MONTH ROLLING BUDGETS
Process – Step #1
• Complete Framework Assessment Dashboard
• Document Expected Changes in Funding
• Document Capacity and Demand Changes
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3 MONTH ROLLING BUDGETSPROCESS – STEP #1
Walk Through the
Framework Assessment Dashboard
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3 MONTH ROLLING BUDGETS
Process – Step #2
• Understand Format for Rolling 3 Month Budgets
• Natural Calendar Quarters
• April – June, July – Sept, Oct – Dec and Jan – March
• One Month Prior Start Next Quarter – Prepare Next Quarter
• Three Strategies Based On:
• Risk Assessment
• Best Case
• Worst Case
• Likely Case
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3 MONTH ROLLING BUDGETS
Process – Step #2 (continued)
• Risk Assessment ➢ Best Case
➢ If Everything Plays Out as Expected ➢High End – Best Case
➢Worst Case ➢ The Level You Will Not Fall Below
➢ Low End – Worst Case ➢ Likely Case
➢ Somewhere In the Middle ➢ But Not Always the Halfway Point
➢ Explain in Key Assumptions
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3 MONTH ROLLING BUDGETS
Process – Step #2 (continued)
➢Risk Assessment
➢ Likely Case
➢ Explain in Key Assumptions:
➢ Document Anticipated Changes for Key Budget Lines
➢ Funding Sources
➢ Programs and Activities
➢ Capacity
➢ Staffing, Overhead (occupancy and others), Direct Costs
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3 MONTH ROLLING BUDGETSPROCESS – STEP #2
Walk Through the
3 Month Rolling Budget Worksheet
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CONCLUSION
The purpose of the Framework Assessment and the
Rolling 3 Month Budget is to give the board of directors
confidence that the senior management team has taken a
thoughtful and objective approach to quantify near-term
decision making with a conservative bias of protecting
the organization’s financial position during a time of
hyper-change.
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