The In Plain English Workshop Series
You don’t need to be an accountant to understand your numbers.
Build the financial understanding to ask stronger questions, recognize concerns, and participate confidently in leadership discussions.
Practical education for nonprofit executives, board members, and staff, with private sessions available to discuss the needs of nonprofit and research teams.
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Financial knowledge. In plain English.
Nonprofit Financials
Understand financial statements, restricted and unrestricted resources, financial warning signs, and questions that help leadership see the bigger picture.
Grant Compliance
Understand financial accountability for grant funds, including allowable costs, supporting documentation, and funder expectations.
Internal Controls
Recognize how responsibilities, approvals, documentation, and oversight work together, and where financial processes may deserve closer attention.
Board Oversight
Understand the board’s financial oversight role and the information and questions that support meaningful governance.
Audit Ready
Understand what auditors look for, why documentation matters, and how leaders can recognize preparation gaps.
Find the right topic
Tell us about your audience, the questions they face, and what you want them to understand. We can discuss the appropriate workshop and format.
Bring the discussion to your organization
Private workshops for your team.
A confidential setting to build shared understanding around your organization’s financial questions, responsibilities, and oversight needs.
Relevant to your audience
Discuss examples and priorities appropriate to your leaders, board, staff, or research administration team.
Space for questions
Give your team room to ask what feels unclear and develop a common financial vocabulary.
A format that fits
Discuss scheduling, audience size, topic, and customization before agreeing on the session.
One-on-one financial coaching
Understand your own financial reports.
Confidential support for interpreting statements, understanding variances and trends, discussing restricted resources, and preparing for board, funder, and audit questions.
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Clarity your team can build on.
Workshops develop financial understanding and stronger oversight questions. If a concern needs a closer examination or hands-on support, we can discuss a separate review or consulting engagement.
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