How Can A Nonprofit Be Sure It's Doing The Most It Can
With The Resources It Has?

The Nonprofit Financial Stewardship Assessment

Responsible cost management cannot be accurately measured solely by looking at a 990 tax return.

There's insufficient detail about what was spent, why it was spent, who it was spent on, what was the spending decision process, etc.

It's why funder and watchdog reliance on overhead to determine a nonprofit's suitability for funding is so flawed.

That's why we've developed a different, self-measuring stick.


ACRE's Stewardship Assessment, vetted by a group of nonprofit leaders, is a free tool to help nonprofits quantify and, if they’d like, demonstrate all they do to ensure outstanding stewardship of the resources entrusted to them.

Free Resource for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Financial Stewardship Assessment

A structured, self-guided review of your organization’s financial stewardship practices — generating three tailored reports for your team, your board, and your donors. No grades. No comparisons. Just a clear picture of where you stand.

More Nonprofit Cost Saving Resources

Administrative Cost Reduction Experts researches pricing trends, advancements in cost management, nonprofit best spending practices, and other cost issues that impact charitable organizations and associations.

Here are a few cost-saving ideas and perspectives that some nonprofits may not have considered. 

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Is Your Budgeting Process Costing You Money?

The many ways nonprofits unintentionally lock in excess spending when they create their budget.

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How To  Vastly Reduce Credit Card Fees!

You can’t stop accepting credit cards. You don’t want to  limit the ways members or donors can pay you. So instead of limiting options, why not expand them? 

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The Nonprofit Guide To Creating A Cost-Conscious Culture

Demonstrate to current and potential donors and members that your organization is a truly outstanding steward of the money they give.