NFF Office Hours

REGISTRATION FORM

Are you:

  • a Board Member of a nonprofit, with financial questions about the organization you support?
  • an Executive Director who has to make some tough financial choices and would like to talk them over in a confidential setting?
  • a Finance Director who is thinking about how to explain your financial situation to the board of directors?

Announcing "Office Hours"

Free One-on-One Financial Consultations for NYC-based nonprofits, with Experts from Nonprofit Finance Fund

With funding generously provided by The Clark Foundation, Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is offering free one-on-one consultations to help you manage your nonprofit's finances, through both good and bad times. For nearly 30 years, NFF has provided loans and advice to help build the financial strength of nonprofits nationwide.

In this consultation, NFF's finance experts will provide a sounding board to help you gain clarity and insights about some of your organization's financial concerns. In the course of discussion, we'll also introduce you to some basic concepts that help balance nonprofit mission and finance.

Appointments are:

  • Free and confidential
  • Up to 45 minutes
  • Available to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits headquartered in the one of the five boroughs of New York City
  • Scheduled at your convenience, either by phone or in-person at NFF's office
  • First-come-first-served; slots are limited

The range of potential topics includes:

Finance Basics

  • ABCs of nonprofit accounting
  • Strategies for talking to funders about a financial issue
  • Debt: what is right for your organization?

Optimizing the Value of your Financial Reports

  • Communicating financial information in board packets
  • Cash flow management
  • Scenario planning: worst and best case budgeting
  • Program-by-program profitability analyses

Planning and Strategy

  • Expanding your programs 
  • Expense cutbacks
  • Collaborations, mergers and alliances
  • Large facility projects: financing and managing
  • Managing reserves

Other issues related to nonprofit finance


Register for an appointment on-line at the link below. You will be contacted by an NFF staff person within 2 to 3 business days.

REGISTRATION FORM

Disclaimer: Due to program scope, in-depth access to NFF tools and consulting services is limited. If your organization is interested in receiving additional help, please talk to NFF's financial experts.

Nonprofit Finance Fund is a national leader in nonprofit, philanthropic and social enterprise finance. Founded in 1980, NFF (nonprofitfinancefund.org) is a registered 501(c)(3) organization that provide loans, access to capital and consulting services that build the capacity and the financial health of nonprofits. NFF has a staff of more than 75 serving nonprofits and funders nationwide from offices in New York City, Philadelphia, Newark, Boston, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.

Questions about how to register? Email us at: Officehours@nffusa.org

NFF a Lender to NYC Nonprofits

NFF has been selected by the
New York City Economic Development Corporation to be a participating lender in their NYC Capital Access Revolving Loan Guarantee Program . As the only participating lender exclusively for nonprofit organizations, NFF will be able to extend loans to some nonprofits that would otherwise be unable to access them in the current market. For more information about this program, please click here: www.nycedc.com/capitalaccess
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