Modernizing Your Nonprofit Accounting System: Building Infrastructure That Supports Mission and Financial Sustainability

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Nonprofit finance staff have a very challenging job. They have to keep the bills paid, track variance to the annual budget and to grant budgets, and prepare reports on time for the board—all while also tending to the underlying systems that make this day-to-day work possible.
In this practical, deep-dive session, we explored how to strengthen your accounting system to address these common nonprofit challenges:
- Data existing in multiple places across too many spreadsheets
- No visibility into what’s been approved, paid, or pending
- Tracking grant spending is onerous and time-consuming
- Month-end takes too long and reports are delayed
- Manual reporting to satisfy different audiences
This session was led by Jeanne Bell, NPQ’s Leading Edge Program Host, in conversation with Shétu Rose and Curtis Klotz, co-founders of Diverge Finance, who bring years of hands-on experience and expertise to nonprofit accounting system design.
Event Date: September 22, 2026
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