Nonprofit Financials

You now know what you can learn about grantees through the Form 990’s and Financial Statements. What more do you need from them to understand their financial situations? What’s useful to you and not too much to ask from grantees?

Financial statements and an organization’s 990 each tell a story. Using the two financial documents together can yield so much more information than the financial status of the organization.

Learn how to analyze and evaluate nonprofit financial statements and know what questions to raise for further analysis. Walk through a set of sample financial statements, focusing on definitions and relationships of numbers. What are some “red flags...