Finance Bundle - Meet the Moment

A collection of resources related to nonprofit financial matters to help organizations confront difficult times

12 Urgent Financial Action Steps for Nonprofits: A 2025 Checklist
This article by Steve Zimmerman and Ruth McCambridge is intended to help nonprofit organizations take on the first phase of what is likely to be an extended period of financial uncertainty. It is structured as an action checklist designed to build your organization’s agility under turbulent conditions. The first part focuses on the importance of building your ongoing access to unrestricted and liquid dollars, while the second part is about using our network and advocacy to protect ourselves, other nonprofit organizations in our community, and the people being politically targeted by these actions.
 

Finance Fundamentals for Nonprofits
A collection of tools and resources from the Nonprofit Finance Fund to help you navigate change and opportunity.
 

Navigating through times of financial crisis
A broad economic crisis can magnify a nonprofit’s pre-existing financial difficulties. The tips in this article from the Nonprofit Finance Fund are helpful for sound financial planning in all economic situations. However, in unstable times, they become even more vital. Getting through such crises requires communication, transparency, and planning.
 

StrongNonprofits Tooklit
This toolkit from the Wallace Foundation offers a range of free tools, articles, reports and other resources identified as particularly useful to organizations that want to develop their financial skills. 
 

Financial Risk Assessment: A 3-Level Model for Nonprofits in 2025
This risk assessment model from Nonprofit Financial Commons is designed to guide nonprofit board of directors and management staff on the work they need to do to organize their financial planning over the next six months to a year.
 

Building Resilience in Uncertain Times 
A collection of practical tools, guides, and webinars from the Nonprofit Finance Fund for nonprofit leaders who want to navigate uncertain times. From budgeting resources to a cash flow projection template, to a nonprofit budgeting scenario planning tool, these resources will guide you through your most important first steps in building resilience.