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The Mission-Infused Nonprofit CFO

February 3, 2018

The nonprofit financial world is changing quickly, and the isolated CFO has been rendered obsolete. The future nonprofit CFO is a mission-infused, proactive leader who interacts with a finance-driven program and administrative team. Finance and mission are integrated and inseparable, and it’s important to understand how everything connects. The ultimate goal of the mission-infused finance capacity is a sustainable nonprofit that is able to invest in its mission and strategy over time to meet the demands and needs of a continually evolving world. The connection between finance and mission that leads to organizational success is manifest in these three goals.

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Pro Bono Econos Pty Ltd is a not-for-profit economics organisation that creates high-impact volunteering opportunities for economists across economic consulting, financial literacy education, and third sector research. Our mission is to see charitable organizations and members of the community better equipped with the powerful economic insights and financial knowledge they need to thrive. Volunteer economists are the key to achieving this mission and therefore the central element of our approach. Our vision is a world with a socially-engaged economics profession, a financially knowledgeable population, and a sustainable and accountable charitable sector. Pro Bono Econos has worked with many charities and social enterprises in nearly every industry. This includes tech startups, online community platforms, refugee aid organisations, gender equality organisations, tourism management nonprofits, apparel enterprises, medical support startups, urban farming initiatives, rural innovation hubs

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The Mission-Infused Nonprofit CFO