Champions of Good

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True Program Costs

This guide and accompanying spreadsheet template break down the process of understanding true program costs, either through budgeting or financial reports, into several stages.

While the long-term goal for nonprofits is not to return profits to shareholders, we all know that nonprofits are business entities that need to maintain financial health and stability in order to achieve their mission. Understanding the true, full cost of delivering various programs and services in the community is a critical piece of the management puzzle.

Our Services

Propel Nonprofits’ programs and services provide a holistic approach to meet your most pressing needs, including the ability to more closely link strategy, governance, and finance.

  • Accounting & Finance

    Propel Nonprofits’ accounting and finance services are designed to equip your team with decision-level data while also building financial leadership and confidence within your nonprofit.

  • Join A Board

    Are you looking to volunteer to help your community and engage in causes you care about? Are you seeking board members with a specific skillset to join your board? Propel Nonprofits’ Board Connector program recruits board members for Twin Cities-based nonprofit organizations.

  • Fiscal Sponsorship

    Propel Nonprofits’ fiscal sponsorship program works with dozens of mission-driven organizations, projects, causes, and collaborations to test drive new ideas as you build infrastructure, set goals, develop your business model, and get your big idea off the ground.

  • Lending

    Propel Nonprofits makes loans to a wide range of nonprofits of different sizes and fields of service to strengthen and expand programs, manage cash flow, and finance real estate projects. Our lending team determines the best approach to meet your needs, and sticks with you to address challenges.

  • Strategic Consulting

    As a leader, you want to make sure your organization has a shared vision for the future, and the strategy to get there. Propel Nonprofits’ consultants are experienced at providing strategic planning, board development, and other strategic services to organizations

  • Leaders Circles®

    We work with leaders, both experienced or emerging, to help them access their best thinking, build productive relationships, and navigate change effectively through Leaders Circles®.

Attend a Training

12 Golden Rules of Nonprofit Finance

Join us as Propel trainers will go through 12 Golden Rules of nonprofit finance to keep your organization healthy.

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Fundamentals of Nonprofit Board Governance

While this training is open to all, it is designed for those new to serving on a board or those who are contemplating joining a board.

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$85

Transforming Business Models

Join us to learn the four core components of a nonprofit business model – revenue mix, understanding the cost of programs, infrastructure, and capital structure – and explore how all these components connect to mission and your organization’s financial health.

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Resources

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Template

Template to record your board meeting minutes, created for your convenience and to remind you of legal recommendations related to…

Balance Sheet Cheat Sheet

The Propel Nonprofits Balance Sheet Cheat Sheet highlights six key measures that are useful for all types of nonprofits.

Emergency Succession Plan Template

This 2-part template was designed by Propel Nonprofits’ to serve as a narrative guide to help nonprofit leaders craft an…

Case Study

Indigenous Roots

"The risk for trying something here is minimal and we want Native, Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples to grow here. We’re going to be your biggest cheerleaders. There isn’t failure, only lessons and growth.”
Mary Anne Quiroz, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Indigenous Roots