Rate Your Organization's Financial Health

  1. Did your organization have more revenue than expenses in at least seven of the last 10 years?
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  2. Does your organization have a cash operating reserve of at least 90 days?
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  3. Does your organization have an endowment fund? (An endowment is money you have invested. The principal remains intact while you use the income for operating expenses.)
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  4. Does your organization get at least 5% of its total income from endowment earnings? 
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  5. Do you seek input from staff members in developing your budget and hold them accountable for staying within that budget?
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  6. Do you have a reserve fund that you can use immediately, today, if a sudden opportunity (or crisis) arises?
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  7. Do you have good relationships with bankers?
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  8. Do you borrow money occasionally?
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  9. Do you have sources of revenue from non-traditional, non-governmental sources?
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  10. Is your organization financially flexible enough to accommodate changes in service delivery?
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  11. Do you have at least four different sources of income?
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  12. Does each of these income sources make up less than 30% of your income?
    (If one income source makes up more than 40% of your budget, this is a serious danger sign. If one source of income makes up more than 50% of your budget, you are in deep trouble!)
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