Nine in ten charities have introduced restrictions on their own services this year. New research interviewing senior leaders at 100 charities holding more than £5 billion in investments found the figure closer to 96%, a scale of rationing that would have been...
If your non-profit passes federal grant money to other organisations, the rules have grown stricter. This applies to partners, local chapters, and subcontracted service providers. The tightened oversight concerns how closely you must monitor that funding. 2026...
Every few years, the federal government rewrites the rulebook that governs how non-profits manage grant money. This time, the rewrite is bigger than usual. On 29 May 2026, the Office of Management and Budget, together with roughly 40 grantmaking agencies, published a...
Charities have always known that HMRC could ask questions about their finances. What has changed is how HMRC is finding the questions to ask. HMRC has rolled out structured risk reviews across the charity sector, powered by its Connect analytics system, which draws on...
A community health non-profit receives a $500,000 grant to expand its mobile outreach programme. The funding agreement is clear. The money can only be used for specific activities over a 12-month period: medical supplies, staff travel, equipment, and community...
When HMRC announced that it would more than double funding for social impact organisations supporting customers who need extra help, the news was understandably welcomed across the voluntary sector. The expanded programme will make more than £11 million available...
Most non-profits have approvals in place. Purchase requests get signed off. Invoices are reviewed. Budget holders are involved at some stage in the process. On paper, everything looks controlled. But if you take a closer look, there is often a different story. Ask a...
For a long time, the goal for non-profits was simple. Find one system that does everything. Accounting, purchasing, approvals, reporting. All in one place. Fewer systems to manage, one source of truth, and the assumption that everything would work together seamlessly....
Growth is supposed to feel good. More funding, more programmes, more staff. More evidence that the work is having an impact. But somewhere in the middle of all that progress, something quietly shifts. Finance teams start spending more time chasing approvals than...
