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Writing Great Grants - A Murdock Trust Podcast

Writing Great Grants is a podcast produced by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to help support nonprofits across the Pacific Northwest. On this podcast, Murdock Trust staff, partners and colleagues will share insights and information on the grantmaking process - both the process unique to the Murdock Trust grantmaking cycle and overall best practices for grant applications in general - to help those in the nonprofit space to flourish and thrive.The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust is a private, nonprofit foundation in Vancouver, WA serving the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Since 1975, the Murdock Trust has awarded more than $1 billion in capacity building grants to organizations serving the common good.

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Writing Great Grants - Financial Management

April 02, 2020 • M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust • Season 1 • Episode 5

Effective financial management is an important characteristic of a healthy nonprofit organization. Being a good steward of resources (fiscal responsibility, appropriate transparency and donor accountability) can also build community support for your organization. Most importantly, sound financial management is vital to achieving mission and sustaining the organization.

On this episode of the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust podcast on Writing Great Grants, Pauline Fong, Program Director with the Murdock Trust, joins Steve Moore to discuss the key elements and organizational characteristics, behaviors, and practices to consider regarding effective financial management.

Further reading on this topic: https://murdocktrust.org/2019/10/talking-point-financial-management/