Net Assets Financial Management Articles

Financial Management

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  • Tax

GOP House and Senate Tax Plans Worry Independent Schools

Independent schools are taking a wary look at provisions of both the GOP House and Senate tax reform bills that have been proposed over the last week.
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Projections  

  • Budget
  • | Leadership

Critical Conversations

Clear demonstrations of mutual respect are the starting point to bringing faculty to the side of finding long-term financial solutions.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Budget
  • | Planning

Four Things I Want You to Know About Your School’s Participation in BIIS

A call to action in support of data-driven decision-making.
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  • Regulatory Updates
  • | Tax

NBOA Alert: House Tax Proposal Has Significant Implications for Independent Schools

Tuition deductions, housing allowances among tax-free benefits on chopping block.
5 min read

Mission & Motivation  

  • Leadership
  • | Planning

Mission & Motivation: A Foundation of Trust

The benefits of internal leadership succession are too great for schools to ignore.
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  • Planning

Position of Strength: A Case Study in Strategic Sustainability Planning

Drawing on extensive data analysis and in-depth, campus-wide discussions, leaders at Greenhill School are on a five-year path toward reducing costs, increasing revenue and sustaining a financially diverse student body.
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  • Audit
  • | Tax

In Audit Roulette, the House Always Wins

From the archives: The IRS took a closer look at independent schools’ Form 990s, employee fringe benefits and more in the 2015–2016 school year.
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  • Cash Management
  • | Leadership

Leap of Faith

This small school overcame multiple challenges and expects a bright future under a strategic partnership between the head of school and business officer, now in their third year of working together. “We both took a risk.
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  • Budget
  • | Planning

A Better Way to Benchmark: Business Intelligence for Independent Schools

A breakthrough data collection platform built by business officers for business officers is coming soon.
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  • Accounting
  • | Leadership

Unsung Hero: Elise Murphy, The Lamplighter School

The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
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  • Budget
  • | Communication

Explaining the Numbers, Building the Trust

From the archives: Financial rumors, speculation and grumbling can harm community morale. With students from nearly 50 countries, this school’s commitment to financial transparency builds trust, support and confidence am
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  • Budget
  • | Employee Benefits

Confronting the Pain of Health Care Costs

From the archives: Facing rising costs and new ACA rules, independent schools take closer looks at alternative models of health care delivery.
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Business Intelligence  

  • Budget
  • | Planning

Business Intelligence: The Independent School Composite Financial Index

NBOA–NAIS partnership will spawn new frameworks for strategic conversations about the financial health of independent schools.
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  • Accounting
  • | Facilities

Fixed Assets, Unpredictable Accounting This item is protected.

Don't be caught off-guard when it comes to your campus's valuable fixed assets, whatever their condition and stage of life.
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  • Endowment
  • | Investments

For Schools' Investment Strategies, It's Steady as She Goes

Normalized interest rates, rising equity yields and greater institutional liquidity: These three trends are helping to shape the investment environment in the early days of the Trump administration, according to executiv
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CEO Notebook  

  • Budget
  • | Planning

Thriving with a Chronic Condition

Goodbye, William Baumol. And hello, economic reality. It’s time to acknowledge that you’ve been there all along, and you’ll likely outlive us all.
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Business Intelligence  

  • Endowment
  • | Investments

Business Intelligence: Losing Ground on Endowment Returns

Schools adjusted their asset allocations in hopes of a stronger 2017.
2 min read

Projections  

  • Leadership
  • | Planning

Projections: Business Leadership to Learn From

The business-savvy head of school assesses the school's financial strengths, supported by the business officer, and pulls the right financial levers to ensure the school thrives. 
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CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Planning

When Does a Retreat Help Your School Advance?

“Why do we call it a ‘retreat’ if our purpose is to move forward?”
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Business Intelligence  

  • Budget
  • | Financing

Business Intelligence: How Fit Are Your Facilities?

Your school's capital spending ratio reflects the health of its most valuable asset.
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