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Storytelling With Numbers With Stephanie Skryzowski

Author
David Oaks
Published
Thu 25 Mar 2021
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Founder and CEO of 100 Degrees Consulting

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Nonprofits who were more transparent received 53% more contributions the following year!

How to interpret your organization's financials and how to present them to others as a compelling story that offers transparency and increases donations and impact.

What are the benefits of financial transparency?  Why share our numbers?

  • More engagement
    • from donors, volunteers, staff, board
  • Increased contributions
    • Guidestar: Transparent organizations, those that were sharing MORE information about their financials received 53% more in contributions the following year
      • More money
      • Greater impact
  • Improved donor relationships

Who needs to know your numbers?

  • Board
    • Financial statements
      • Income
      • Balance Sheets
    • How to highlight it?
  • Staff your team
    • Most organizations don't do this
      • They don't know how
    • Dashboards
  • Donors
  • Public
  • All these stakeholders will get different types of information


What do you need to start sharing your numbers?

  • We can't tell good stories from our numbers, if they are no good!
  •  Bookkeeping process
  • Budgeting
    • This is your roadmap to achieving your goals
      • You budget should align with your strategic plan
  • Reporting


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