Nonprofit Finance Fund Professional Development Program
Webinars
One-hour webinars will be made available for instant download to members of Theatre Communications Group, Dance/USA and League of American Orchestras. Webinars will focus on key areas of financial concern including Basic Financial Literacy, Cash Flow Management, Managing Credit, Revenue and Expense Considerations and Practical Recession Planning.
Webinars will not be "live"; they will be available for immediate and regular download and will include on an On-Demand Q and A component. Participants will be able to post questions online in response to webinar topics and materials, and within three business days, an NFF financial professional will post a response for the wider webinar audience.
Upcoming Webinars
Endowments and Capitalization
Released on June 28
This webinar will discuss the basics of endowments, especially how they relate to theatres. Throughout this webinar, we will provide some useful tips on deciding whether or not an endowment is right for your theatre as well as offer some alternative ways to help strengthen your theatre’s capital structure.
Endowments and Capitalization is now available for download, using the case-sensitive password “metlife.” The full webinar may take as long as ten minutes to download, depending on your connection speed
Past Webinars
Facility Projects: Planning, Funding and Financing Strategies
This three-part webinar will demystify the various fundraising and financing strategies available to pay for a facility project. Study the impact acquisition can have on your organization's mission, programs, structure, operations, fundraising and financial health. Topics include:
Planning for your project and understanding its impact on your organization
The relationship between operating, project and fundraising budgets
An overview of cash flow statements
The lending process and various financing options
Session 1:
Impact on Operations - Understanding the impact of a project on the current operations of your organizations
Session 2:
Building the Project - How to create and manage the critical budgets of a facility project
Project Timing and Cash Flow - How to coordinate the timing of your project with the appropriate sources of funding or a combination of such sources
Session 3:
Financing Your Project - How to pay for your project using several different sources financing and understanding the loan underwriting process
Accessing and Managing Credit
Released on February 22
The purpose of this webinar is to learn how an organization is assessed
for creditworthiness and assess your own organization in its ability
to qualify for and access credit. At the end of this webinar, not-for-profit
managers and board members will be more comfortable understanding
how your organization can consider various credit scenarios and
identify the various approaches available to you. You will follow
a real-life not-for-profit case study to demonstrate how various
debt scenarios can impact your organization’s financial health
and viability.
Accessing and Managing Credit will be available for download beginnining the week of February 22, using the case-sensitive password “metlife.” The full webinar may take as long as ten minutes to download, depending on your connection speed
Critical Elements in Nonprofit Financial Statements
Released on December 7
The purpose of this webinar is to increase the comfort of not-for-profit
managers and board members in reading and interpreting not-for-profit
financial statements. Learn to balance your organization’s
mission with its financial realities. You will receive a crash course
on interpreting your financial statements to reveal the business
underpinning your programs; follow a real-life not-for-profit case
study, with financial information drawn to demonstrate how the choices
you make impact your organization’s financial health and viability;
and review the use of financials in articulating your resource needs
to stakeholders.
Critical Elements in Nonprofit Financial Statements will be available for download beginnining the week of December 7, using the case-sensitive password “metlife.” The full webinar may take as long as ten minutes to download, depending on your connection speed.
Cash Flow Planning
Released on October 19
This webinar will provide participants with tips and tools to understand
how to appropriately plan and monitor cash needs by analyzing your
incoming and outgoing cash, and includes a detailed lesson on how
to use a monthly cash flow projection.
Cash Flow Planning is available for download using the case-sensitive password “metlife.” The full webinar may take as long as ten minutes to download, depending on your connection speed.
The slides from this webinar are also available as a printable PDF.
Sound Financial Planning
Released on September 9
This timely, practical webinar will provide participants with tips and tools to lead their organizations during challenging times and beyond. Using real world examples, NFF will offer guidance to enhance staff's understanding of the interplay between financial risk, revenue reliability and fixed costs. We will also discuss how this information can be used to inform planning and decision-making organization-wide.
Sound Financial Planning is available for download using the case-sensitive password “metlife.” The full webinar may take as long as ten minutes to download, depending on your connection speed.
The slides from this webinar are also available as a printable PDF.