by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 24, 2022 | budgeting, expenses, project basics, working with donors | Finance Management, Project Design
What if you are implementing your grant and realize that you have made a mistake in your budget? What if your project budget doesn’t include everything you need? Four reasons why your project budget may not work There are several reasons why your budget could be ‘all...
by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 20, 2022 | non-profit management, project basics, project management, reporting, working with donors | Project management, Working for Your Mission
How often have you created a report? For your board maybe, or for a donor? And how many times have you enjoyed this task? One of the reasons why many nonprofits find reporting so tedious is because it is not always clear what the point is for themselves. And many...
by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 6, 2022 | project basics, project design, project management | Project Design, Project management
All donors require a monitoring framework as part of a project proposal. This helps you (and them) monitor progress towards your project results, objectives, and impact. Very often, monitoring focuses on collecting numbers. So in fact you are measuring quantities...
by Suzanne Bakker | Jan 30, 2022 | contracting, project basics, starting your project | Project management
Do you know that feeling when a new project is approved? You want to get going, start implementation straight away! But often it is better to first take a moment to create clarity about your project. So how can you do that? How can you create clarity in your project...
by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 25, 2021 | annual accounts report, Board, budgeting, expenses, finance management, human resource management, income, non-profit management, project basics, setting up, starting your project, team management, year-end accounts report, year-end goals | Annual Reporting, Finance Management, Getting Started, Practical Labour Law & HR
We have looked at why you might need or want to create an annual report. So now it is time to look at what to include in your annual report. A legal obligation If there is a legal obligation, there often are legal minimum requirements for information you must include...
