Tools and Helpful Info



ACCOUNTING / FINANCIAL REPORTING

Year-End Forecasting  Sample Worksheet

(Download)


Cash Forecasting (Download)

Cash Forecasting Instructions


Successful Budgeting

2021 Newsletter Article

  • Tips for financial planning in uncertain times

Show Your Donors What You've Got!

2021 Newsletter Article

  • Transparent Reporting

Year-End Closing

2019 Newsletter Article

  • Financial Reporting: Cut Off, Accruals, Reconciliations
  • ParishSoft tips

School Budgeting (Key Drivers) and Budgeting Top 10 List

Winter 2018 Newsletter

  • Key Financial Drivers for Schools
  • Top Ten primary budgeting considerations

LONG-RANGE PLANNING

Inflation, Inflation, Inflation

2022 Newsletter Article

by Mike Laughery


Data-Informed Decision-Making
Budget Risks and Vulnerabilities

2019 Newsletter Articles

  • Data and Discernment: Data driven vs. data informed
  • Diversity in Revenue Sources, Weathering a Change in Pastors

What Is Your Current Reality?

2019 Newsletter Article

  • Measurable goals for achieving your mission

CAPITAL / FACILITIES


Maintaining Your Facility and  Echoing Our God of Order

Fall 2021 Newsletter Article

  • Developing a Capital Repair and Replacement Schedule

Computer Leasing

2020 Newsletter Article


Deferred Maintenance Syndrome

Fall 2018 Newsletter Article

  • Considering the cost of capital expenditures

Cracksealing:
The Why, When and How

  • Asphalt Repair, Courtesy of Bituminous Roadways

Three Ways to Fix a Pothole

  • Asphalt Repair, Courtesy of Bituminous Roadways

Catholic Cemeteries

December 2016 Newsletter Article

  • Stewardship and  management of an important ministry

OF

INTEREST

Staff Compensation

2022 Newsletter Article

by Phil Boelter


We're All In This Together

March 2020 Article

by Alan Erickson
CFC Managing Director, Emeritus