Outsourced Accounting & Finance
How to Navigate Finance Team Disruptions and Maintain Business Continuity
Turnover and rapid growth can strain finance teams, requiring practical steps to regain control and ensure continuity.
Blog
Lauren M. Duplin
Lauren M. Duplin
Outsourced Accounting & Finance
Strengthening Resilience Through Mission and Financial Alignment
Anticipatory leadership is grounded in planning and preparation. By aligning your financial resources directly with your mission, nonprofit organizations can work to build the resilience...
Nonprofit
How Nonprofits Can Build Stronger Partnerships Between Boards and Management
Nonprofits change in step with the communities they serve. Programs grow, ambitions expand and, with them, the questions multiply: Are governance and strategy moving together—or...
Human & Social Services
Aligning Mission and Margin in LGBTQIA+ Nonprofit Finance
Some nonprofit leaders describe their financial landscape as a horizon that refuses to hold steady. For organizations serving the LGBTQIA+ community, that precarious feeling is...
Human & Social Services
LGBTQI CFO Network Conference Featured Insights from AAFCPAs
AAFCPAs was pleased to participate in the LGBTQI CFO Network Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., December 3–5, 2025. Partners Courtney McFarland and Lauren Duplin led...
Business Process Optimization
Continuous Close Approach Allows Nonprofits to Streamline Month-End Processes
For many nonprofits, month-end close follows a familiar rhythm: reconcile books, gather receipts, post final entries, and generate reports. It is a routine shaped by...
Community & Economic Development
AAFCPAs to Speak at Strength Matters 2025 on Managing Consultants in Community Development
AAFCPAs participated 2025 Strength Matters Financial Management Conference. This 2025's conference came at an important moment for the affordable housing industry. More than 200 nonprofit...
Technology & Process
How Close Automation Tools Support Smarter Nonprofit Operations
The nonprofit month-end close has become an exercise in endurance—manual checklists, spreadsheet reconciliations, and long hours spent assembling reports under deadlines. For lean finance teams,...
Arts & Cultural
New Theater Tax Credit Offers Support for Massachusetts Arts Organizations
Designed to encourage local economic activity and nurture the state’s vibrant arts and culture ecosystem, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has launched a new program that...
