Fund Accounting & Grant Compliance for Nonprofits
Deliver rigorous fiscal transparency to donors and grantmakers. We handle fund accounting, restricted vs. unrestricted balances, and grant drawdowns so your audits return zero findings.
Findings on Single Audits Supported
Where standard bookkeeping breaks in this sector
Off-the-shelf bookkeepers treat all transactions the same. Here is what goes wrong when accounting isn't tailored to your operating model:
Restricted vs. Unrestricted Fund Confusion
Impact: Accidentally spending donor-restricted grant funds on general overhead, risking grant clawbacks.
How Finendra solves this:
Class and tag-based fund accounting segregating time-restricted, purpose-restricted, and operational cash.
Federal Grant Drawdown Discrepancies
Impact: Delayed reimbursement from federal agencies (NIH, NSF, USAID) due to unsupported expense allocations.
How Finendra solves this:
Grant expenditure calendars and automated drawdown schedules reconciled to general ledger accounts.
Single Audit Stress & Penalty Risk
Impact: Disorganized records causing material findings under Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) audit reviews.
How Finendra solves this:
Audit-ready workpaper packages matching grant compliance criteria from day one.
Form 990 Preparation Bottlenecks
Impact: CPAs charging $10,000+ for annual 990 prep because functional expense allocations weren't tracked.
How Finendra solves this:
Continuous Statement of Functional Expenses categorizing spend across Program, Management, and Fundraising.
We operate inside your existing finance stack
No migrations required. We connect directly into your cloud accounts with least-privilege read/write access.
What you receive every month
Clear, scheduled financial deliverables delivered directly to your inbox and data room on a fixed cadence.
Fund Accounting & Statements
- Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Activities
- Statement of Functional Expenses (Program vs. Admin vs. Fundraising)
- Restricted fund release schedules aligned with donor stipulations
Grant & Compliance Operations
- Grant-by-grant budget vs. actual variance reports
- Drawdown documentation support for government and foundation grants
- Time-and-effort tracking allocations for grant-funded personnel
Board & Audit Readiness
- Monthly finance committee and board reporting packages
- Single Audit (Uniform Guidance) workpaper binder ready for external auditors
- Form 990 schedule preparation support for tax filing CPAs
"12 federal grants, zero findings on Single Audit. Finendra built a grant calendar that made audit prep trivial. Our board has never had clearer numbers."
Predictable monthly pricing
No hourly billing. Fixed retainers based on your operational volume.
Starter
Under $500K annual budget • 1–2 programs
- Fund accounting setup
- Monthly reconciliation
- Form 990 preparation support
Growth
$500K–$2M annual budget • Multi-grant
- Grant budget vs. actual tracking
- Restricted fund release schedules
- Statement of Functional Expenses
- Monthly board financial deck
Scale
$2M–$10M budget • Federal Single Audit
- Uniform Guidance audit workpapers
- Grant drawdown filing support
- Controller review + audit liaison
- Time & effort payroll allocation
Are you doing under $50K/mo revenue?
Don't pay $3,000+/mo for senior enterprise overhead you don't need yet. Our Starter Plan is just $499/mo. You get monthly bookkeeping, quarterly financial statements, and tax-ready books with zero setup fees and no long-term contracts.
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The step-by-step operating checklist used by seed-stage startups and VC-backed companies to close their books by the 5th of every month. Reconcile Stripe, clear AP, track deferred revenue, and calculate true cash runway.
- ASC 606 Rev Rec Guidelines
- Runway & Burn Formulas
- Multi-State Payroll Steps
- Audit-Ready Workpapers
Ready for a clean close and institutional-grade numbers?
Schedule a 20-minute scoping diagnostic with our team. We'll review your current setup and hand you an actionable plan.