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Nonprofits

Spend Less Time on the Books
and More on the Mission.

Funders, boards, and auditors all want a clean, current picture of your finances, and producing it pulls your team away from the work that matters. We give you accurate fund accounting, reporting your board can trust, and audit readiness all year, with senior people who do the work alongside you.

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HOW WE WORK

A senior-led approach: Understand, Align, Execute

 

Understand

Step 01

Understand

Diagnose the context, data, and timeline, so we solve the real problem, not the symptom.

Align

Step 02

Align

Bring finance, operations, and leadership into one plan, moving in the same direction.

Execute

Step 03

Execute

Senior-led delivery, accountable to results you can see and measure.

What we do

Support Built for How Nonprofits Actually Operate

Flexible ways to engage, matched to what your organization needs right now: a sounding board for the board, leadership to cover a gap, or the day-to-day accounting fully off your plate.

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Outsourced Accounting Reliable day-to-day accounting and a clean, on-time close built around restricted and unrestricted funds, handled by people you know and never offshored.
Interim & Fractional Leadership Experienced finance directors and controllers who step in fast to cover a gap or steady the function, with reduced ramp time.
Grant & Compliance Support Grant budgeting, tracking, and reporting that keep you compliant with funder requirements and audit-ready.
Budgeting & Reporting (FP&A) Organizational and program budgets, cash flow planning, and board-ready reporting that turn your numbers into decisions.
Not sure where finance is slowing your mission down? Let's pressure-test it in 15 minutes.
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Proof

Case Studies

Real portfolio-company engagements: what we walked into, and what changed by the numbers.

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Revenue Reconciliation
$1M in Accounts Receivable Identified 500%+ ROI
Through revenue reconciliation and improved financial transparency, the engagement surfaced $1M in previously unidentified accounts receivable and delivered a 500%+ return on investment. Read the story
Financial Visibility
Automated Cash Flow Models & Reporting From Low Visibility to Real-Time Insight
A company with limited financial visibility and concentration risk gained automated cash flow models and reporting, turning fragmented data into real-time insight for decision-making. Read the story
Data Transformation
60x Faster Data Processing 120 Hours to 2 Hours Per Week
Automating a manual, time-intensive reporting process cut weekly effort from 120 hours to 2, giving leadership faster, cleaner data to act on. Read the story

Why Acclarity

Senior talent and cross-functional teams under one roof

One accountable team, from first diagnosis to final delivery.

Finance and technology together

Finance and technology together

Nothing falls between providers.

Senior-level talent, no offshoring

Senior-level talent, no offshoring

Experienced operators, never offshored juniors.

Embedded and accountable

Embedded and accountable

Inside your function, not advising from a distance.

Built for speed and scale

Built for speed and scale

Plug in with no ramp time and scale as you grow.

Want to talk to a senior leader who has run finance at scale? We'll route you to the right person.
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People

Expert Spotlight

The senior advisor who'd actually run your engagement, not a pitch team.

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Nonprofit Lead

Michele Himes

Transaction Advisory Expert

Michele Himes is a Senior Managing Director at Acclarity. Michele is a seasoned CPA with more than 25 years of experience in audit, accounting, and consulting. She has advised organizations on best practices in internal controls, budgeting, forecasting, and process improvement. Her expertise spans managing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, outsourced accounting, and business consulting projects across various industries.

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Partnering with Acclarity has been hugely positive for our business. Their ability to flex resources as our needs evolve has given us true scalability.

CFOChief Financial OfficerPE-Backed Healthcare Platform
Point of view

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Leadership

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Put More of Your Energy INTO THE MISSION.

Let's talk about where finance is pulling your team away from the work that matters, and what it would take to get clean books, confident reporting, and year-round audit readiness. Fifteen minutes with a real person, no pitch team.

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Common Questions

Nonprofit Finance Support

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Can you handle multi-entity consolidations and complex reporting?

Yes. Standardizing multi-entity environments, accelerating the consolidated close, and rebuilding reporting for clarity and speed is core work for us. We bring the senior people who have done it before, so there is no learning curve on your structure.

Do you support SOX, controls, and audit readiness at scale?

Yes. We design and assess controls (including SOX and ITGC), run or co-source internal audit, and build risk frameworks that function in daily operations, not just for the auditors. The goal is predictable audit outcomes and fewer repeat findings.

Can you lead or support a finance transformation or ERP implementation?

Yes. Because we cover finance and technology under one roof, we lead operating-model redesign, ERP selection and implementation, data integration, and automation, keeping the function stable while building what is next.

How fast can you put senior leadership in place?

Quickly. We place interim CFOs, controllers, and CIOs who drive execution immediately, with no ramp time, to cover a gap, stabilize a function, or lead a critical initiative.

How is this different from a Big Four firm?

You get senior operators who do the work alongside you, not a pitch team that hands off to juniors. The people you meet are the people in your function, you always know who is doing the work, and nothing is offshored.