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Finance

How to read, plan, and talk about money so your program stays alive and your board trusts the numbers.

  1. Financial Intelligence

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    Karen Berman & Joe Knight · book

    learn to read a balance sheet and an income statement without an accounting degree; the fastest way to stop nodding along in budget meetings.

  2. The Personal MBA

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    Josh Kaufman · book

    the business and money fundamentals a social work degree skips, in one plain book: what a p&l is, how pricing works, why cash flow matters.

  3. Finance & Capital Markets

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    Khan Academy · course

    free, patient explainers for every money term you were embarrassed to ask about; watch one before the finance committee, not after.

  4. Investopedia

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    Investopedia · site

    the plain-english dictionary for finance jargon; keep it open when you're reading a grant budget or an audit.

  5. Profit First

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    Mike Michalowicz · book

    a dead-simple cash system that keeps a lean organization solvent; built for small business, it fits a tight nonprofit budget just as well.

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