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Should Your Nonprofit Switch to a Cloud-Based Accounting System?

Carey & Co | November 4, 2025
Your Guide to Understanding Benefits, Risks, and Costs As digital transformation continues to reshape the nonprofit sector, many organizations are considering whether to transition from...
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How to Automate Repetitive Tasks in Nonprofit Finance

Carey & Co | October 8, 2025
Streamline Operations and Focus on What Matters Most Nonprofit finance teams often find themselves stretched thin, managing tight deadlines, compliance requirements, and an ever-growing list of...
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The Hidden Costs of Nonprofit Growth

Carey & Co | September 16, 2025
How to Scale Responsibly Without Sacrificing Stability Growth is an exciting sign of progress for any nonprofit, but it often comes with wildly unexpected challenges. Expanding programs, hiring...
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Fundraising for Intermediaries, Part 2: Making the Case and Finding the Match

Carey & Co | August 19, 2025
By Rebecca Blum Emami In my last article, I wrote about why intermediaries matter. The leverage they create, the connections they build, and the infrastructure they provide so frontline...
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Is Your Chart of Accounts Holding You Back?

Carey & Co | August 12, 2025
Streamline Financial Management and Drive Smarter Decisions For many nonprofits, the Chart of Accounts (COA) is usually treated as a one-time setup—a static list created years ago and rarely...
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The Case for Depreciation in Nonprofits

Carey & Co | July 23, 2025
A Strategic Financial Tool, Not Just an Accounting Line We know what you’re thinking: isn’t depreciation just a back-office necessity? A line on the financial statement to account for the...
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The Art of Messaging: How to Talk About Tight Budgets Without Losing Donor Trust

Carey & Co | July 17, 2025
Practical Strategies for Maintaining Confidence During Lean Times Discussing tight budgets with donors is at best a delicate task, but at worst, a paradox. Transparency is critical to building...
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Leading Now

Carey & Co | June 17, 2025
The events of the last five years have not just evolved—they’ve often upended what we once considered “normal.” The COVID-19 pandemic, volatile political climates, fast-moving policy shifts,...
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Why I Believe in Intermediaries … Even When They’re “Hard” to Fund

Carey & Co | June 10, 2025
I’ve worked in the nonprofit sector long enough to hear this more times than I can count from everyone: fundraisers, volunteers, and even well-intentioned donors: “Intermediaries are hard to...
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