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Pitfalls and Dangers to Avoid During Facilities Projects

If you’ve cleared your first hurdles and are now ready to face the challenges of construction, there are a variety of ways in which the wrong decision can have lasting consequences. The project itself will provide plenty of opportunities for missteps, many of which can be costly…and most of which can be avoided. In “Deciding &hellip

Before You Begin: What is a Facilities Project?

Most people know a facility project when they see one–buying or renting a building, renovation, office build-out, major repairs or systems upgrades. Not a difficult question to answer until you have to figure out how much the project is going to cost. Then, the definition of a facilities project broadens considerably. The question becomes, “how &hellip

Place Matters

DREAM Charter School serves its New York community.

Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part Three: Understanding Full Costs

In a three-part series on “Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health,” Alice Antonelli, Director for Consulting at Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), shares answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about nonprofit finance along with best practices for financial health in the social sector. Her first post explores the “Top 3 Measures of Financial &hellip

Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part Two: Smart Nonprofit Business Models

Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part One: Top 3 Measures of Financial Health

At NFF, we frequently get asked by nonprofit leaders, “Where do I start with finance?” In a three-part series on “Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health,” Alice Antonelli, Director for Consulting at Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), explores answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about nonprofit finance and shares best practices for financial &hellip

Getting Over "Overhead"

We’re not alone in bemoaning overhead as downright misleading measure of a nonprofit’s efficiency and effectiveness. So what’s next? In a new Nonprofit Quarterly article, we take a look at what nonprofits and foundations can do now to move beyond this unhelpful metric and break the “doom loop” of underfunding. The article is for anyone &hellip

Overcoming Barriers to Expanding High-Quality Early Care and Education

High-quality early care and education (ECE) programs have been proven to create positive outcomes for children—especially among those living in poverty. Yet many children from low-income families have a hard time accessing quality child care, and miss the critical developmental growth and foundation needed for academic and life success. Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is pleased &hellip

Overcoming Financial Barriers to Expanding High-Quality Early Care & Education in Southeastern Pennsylvania

An analysis of the “full costs” for providing high-quality early care and education.

Change Capital in Action: Case Studies from the Leading for the Future Program

A project to help arts organizations adapt and improve long-term health through change capital.