This post is part of our Financial Clarity for Nonprofit Leaders series, where our team shares practical perspectives to help Executive Directors feel more confident reading nonprofit financial reports. When you review your financials, you probably start with the income statement.You want to know: is revenue coming in the way we expected, and are expenses staying close to budget? Those are important questions. But there's another number that often gets far less attention. You

This post is part of our Financial Clarity for Nonprofit Leaders series, where our team shares practical insights to help Executive Directors read nonprofit financial reports with more confidence. Restricted grants often feel like a win. They fund important programs, expand services, and let your team do more of the work you care about. At the same time, there's a financial dynamic we see over and over again. Restricted funding can sometimes make your organization look finan

This post is part of our Financial Clarity for Nonprofit Leaders series, where our team shares practical ways Executive Directors can read nonprofit financial reports with more confidence. If you're like many Executive Directors we work with, you didn't step into leadership because you love financial reports. You stepped in because you care about the mission. Somewhere along the way, it can start to feel like you're supposed to become a financial expert on top of everything