Financial Leadership for Nonprofit Executives

This is a wonderful book that provides a clear and logical approach to establishing and ensuring a culture of financial sustainability within a nonprofit organization. Even after serving on a board for a number of years, it was nice to have such a clear framework laid out in such an understandable way.

Excellent foundational book for new executive directors of nonprofits.

Great reference for anyone working on nonprofit budgeting or financial planning. Lots of examples and worksheets to help you think through the budgeting and planning process. I recommend this tool for board members and nonprofit staff.

A great hybrid between a textbook and an evening read. Financial Leadership has excellent background for someone between the beginning and intermediate level. I greatly appreciated it and will continue to consult it

This book provided a much needed outline when setting up our nonprofit. It provided a template for a financial vision.

This was a helpful succinct guide to financial leadership for non-profit executives. I have an undergraduate level degree in accounting (that I've not really used for 20 years) so it possible that I was more familiar with some of the concepts than people might be with no background, but I think the book would be helpful and pretty accessible either way. It does a good job of defining terms and they use a fictitious but realistic non-profit example throughout the book to demonstrate concepts. While the book focused on organizations larger and more complex than the two non-profit boards I serve on, I think the information was helpful for me to get a better idea of next steps for moving forward. I'd recommend it to other well-meaning folks involved in keeping non-profit organizations healthy or launched (i.e. boards, staff, etc).

This is a great book for new executives or to give new board members the knowledge required to do their financial duties.

This is an excellent resource for explaining how nonprofit finance works. If you have no training, or only a little background in for-profit accounting and finance, this will help you track and asses your organization's financial health. Easily accessible for novices and anyone who needs to get information to them.

An OUTSTANDING resource. This is an excellent resource for explaining how nonprofit finance works/pitfalls and other insights. If you have no training, or only a little background in for-profit accounting and finance, this will help you track and asses your organization's financial health. Great for board members directors and anyone who needs to get information to them. I found the book to be an easy read but with very pertinent and important information. It talks about and looks to somewhat dispel the myth of profits earned by non-profits in a logical way. It also talks about considerations that are important for the all financial folks in the organization, especially the treasurer when it comes to planning and positioning the non-profit for future growth and success in the long term.

Great book for the just starting Non-Profit Executive really explains in plan language the basic fundamentals of finance in a typical non-profit. Highly recommended!

As a new executive director with primary skills in people and program management, this book has been a lifesaver in helping to understand key concepts and best practices.

I am not a great numbers person but I am trying to help my nonprofit get stronger and grow in my leadership skills in this field. There are some concrete details in this book and it came across as organized and helpful without being overly business focused.

This book gave me great examples to share with the finance and administrative teams so that we can all get on the "same page" when it comes to financial reports!

Our nonprofit really needed the direction this book provided. This was eay to understand and access the parts we needed.

Loved this book. Absolutely great guide. Must read!

This book was helpful and informative. The information in the book gave me very good guidance in talking to our program directors and managers that do not have a strong financial back ground. I had been finding it increasingly frustrating to review the same concepts over and over again. There were many areas in the book that I was able to work through with employees so that we were could more easily work on financial reporting that would be useful for them to manage. I know that at least one of these managers now has their own copy and another one, has my copy on permanent loan.

This book was very helpful, easy to understand, and shared good concepts that could be put to use with ease. I would recommend this!

I selected "Financial Leadership for Nonprofit Executives: Guiding your Organization to Long-term Success" to help prepare our new organization for the future. The book is a nice guide for young nonprofits. Nonprofit leaders, new to their position will gain more security with this book at your fingertips. The Chapter that provided for me the most guidance, is Chapter 4: Financial Planning. I also found Chapter 5: Communicating Progress the most thought provoking.

This is a wonderful resource to our organization. It will be shared with our administrators as well as the Board of Directors.

This book is a very comprehensive resource for folks that want to learn more about how to read and understand nonprofit financials. I have been working in finance and executive leadership for many years and this book was useful for me as a staff person, a board member, and helping others that are looking at our financials.

This is a good intermediate level book on nonprofit finance, complete with practical leadership tips. It is a lot of content to digest if you do not already have a basic understanding of nonprofit finance.

It has helped our corporation and board members understand the financial information that is presented and have clearer oversight over the monthly reports and the yearly budgets.

This book was extremely helpful.

The information i received out of this book is phenomonal and will share with the Board and let them read as well.

A clear presentation of budgeting and financial concepts for non-profit leaders (including program managers). Chock full of great examples to train audiences in reading financial information and telling financial stories. Also provides approaches for assessing programmatic cost effectiveness and spending. A great tool for discussions with leadership or for addressing places where an organization may be stuck.

This book came recommended to me. I appreciate the tools to help get accurate financial data. Also the "Red, Yellow, Green" evaluation relates to my background with lean manufacturing, this provides a quick visual indication of the areas we need to focus on. We have been working over the years to improve our financial data, this book is another step forward on that journey.

Solid financial tips for all nonprofit organizations. Written in plain English. Keep handy on your reference shelf.

I loved this book. It covered the basic steps involved with financial management and formatting in non-profit organizations . I can apply this information for the non-profit that I currently serve.

The book is easy to read and an essential read for those who have all volunteer working boards. Managing the finances for a nonprofit is important for 990's and the future growth of the nonprofit corporation.

This book provides practical suggestions and can be used with 'non-finance' board members to help build their capacity and oversight of the organization.

As the board chair of a 300K nonprofit, I found this book to be more in depth that I needed. As the title states it if for Nonproift Executives and probably larger nonprofits at that. I'm sure the concepts are valid for all nonprofits. It was a little too much for me in my role at our nonprofit.

Very interesting and helpful.

provides a basic overview of the key financial reports needed to understand and question a nonprofit for a board member with no financial or accounting background

I found Financial Leadership very informative with usable graphics and understandable text.

This book is basic and too the point. The charts and pictures make it easy to understand for all types of learners.

This book provides valuable insight into how to prepare your nonprofit for financial success and how to be a goo dtseward.

Great illustrations, easy to transition right into practical application. Keeping it nearby for easy reference

An excellent resource book on financial leadership, especially for executive directors with limited background in finances. It's a fairly easy read but packed with relevant information on resource management.