Accounting & Finance
Dig into pro bono ideas, resources, and examples from your fellow Taproot community members.
OVERVIEW
Invest in organizational resiliency through volunteer support in financial management, budgeting, and more.
Strong financial management helps your organization keep its lights on, programs running, and focus on the bottom line—fulfilling your mission and serving community members.
Skilled finance and accounting volunteers can assist in tackling pressing financial questions and shoring up your nonprofit's stability for years to come.
PRO BONO EXAMPLES
Ideas and inspiration for your next Taproot Plus request!
Projects
Multi-week partnerships focused on completing a specific goal or deliverable.
- • Accounting System Research & Set-Up
- • Conduct a Pricing Exercise
- • Tax Filing Assistance
- • Develop an Annual Budget
- • Financial Management Assessment & Recommendations
Sessions
One-hour virtual consultation calls designed for brainstorming, quick solutions, and preparing for large-scale initiatives.
- • Financial Management Best Practices
- • Budgeting 101 for a New Organization
- • Accounting System Screen-Share & Live Problem-Solving
- • Project Planning: Financial Analysis
- • Tips for Identifying Financial Risk
Don't see what your organization needs on this list of examples?
Keep in mind that all Taproot Plus pro bono requests are completely customizable based on your needs. Chat with our team for tailored recommendations and support.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Latest Accounting & Finance Opportunities
Project
Design & Creative
Hunger & Food Insecurity
My goal for this Taproot project is to create an interactive StoryMaps based on a soon-to-be published research report. The ideal candidate will have geospatial, visual, and some...
Posted June 17, 2025
Food First
Project
Accounting & Finance
Community Development
We've started to use QuickBooks but there are a few tricky things that we need to sort out. We'd love to find some help getting set up. Block Power partners with organizations...
Posted
Block Power
Project
CRM
Arts, Culture, & Humanities
We have this amazing CRM Bloomerang - but we need some help. Data Scrub: We need help scrubbing the constituent data because we have some duplications. We need help finding and...
Posted June 17, 2025
Sierra Center for the Arts & Community
EVENTS
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SUCCESS STORIES
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RESOURCES
Resiliency Pro Bono Project Highlight: Finance Strategy
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