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Many of us in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors prefer to concentrate on the social issues we're passionate about and leave financial questions to others. But we fool ourselves if we think we can silo financial management. In fact, "a budget is an organization's greatest expression of its values," BDO FMA Managing Partner Hilda Polanco said during the Leap Ambassadors 2021 Convening session "Financial Management is Not Neutral."
Together with Ann Goggins Gregory, Senior Vice President for Resident Services at MidPen Housing, and Dominique Bernardo, CEO of Variety - the Children's Charity, Polanco shares how inequities are reflected in financial practices and shares examples of meaningful change in the Ambassador Insight: How Your Financial Management Reflects Your Equity Values.
Read the full Ambassador Insight at the Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community.