Description
An organization may have plenty of capacity in the long run, but in the short run, donor restrictions and limited financing options are constraining. Here-and-now liquid assets are the only resources available. Finance Fundamentals for Nonprofits: Building Capacity and Sustainability shows how to measure a nonprofit organization's financial capacity in different time frames and how to measure its ability to sustain capacity in each case.
- Explains how nonprofits differ from businesses and how they promote values-centered management
- Reveals how to improve financial capacity and sustainability
- Written by a nonprofit scholar
Filled with real-world case studies and actionable advice relating financial health to financial capacity and sustainability, this book is essential reading for every nonprofit professional.
About the Author
WOODS BOWMAN, PHD, is a Professor of Public Service at DePaul University who brings to the classroom a range of experience in public finance and a passion for ethical governance. He is the former CFO of Cook County, a former member of the House of Representatives, Illinois General Assembly, from 1977 1990, and former chair of the Appropriations II Committee. He is a board member of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. He received the Chairman's Award from Goodwill Industries International for his service to a local affiliate. His articles have appeared in Nonprofit Management and Leadership and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. In addition, Dr. Bowman writes a column on ethics for the Nonprofit Quarterly.
Book Information
ISBN 9781118004517
Author Woods Bowman
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 408g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 28mm
