NetSuite For Nonprofits
Your finance, fundraising, and program teams work from the same real-time data. No manual consolidation needed.
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What NetSuite Does for Nonprofit Organizations
- NetSuite unifies accounting, program management, and donor data in one system. Every dollar, whether restricted or unrestricted, is tracked from donation to disbursement with FASB-compliant reporting, automated grant management, and real-time dashboards.
Donations post to fund accounts immediately. Grant milestones link to project expenses. Budget controls enforce spending rules by fund and program. Statement of Activities, Cash Flow, and Functional Expenses generate automatically for board meetings and audits without manual spreadsheet consolidation.
Operational Problems NetSuite Solves
Core Features for Nonprofit Organizations
Manages restricted and unrestricted funds with multiple revenue streams while maintaining FASB and GAAP compliance.
Automates grant lifecycle: tracks milestones, manages expenses across fiscal years, creates billing schedules for funders.
Built-in Statement of Activities, Cash Flow, and Functional Expenses reports for auditors and boards.
Predefined GL segments for accurate tracking of funds, programs, and donors without complex chart of accounts.
Automated procure-to-pay with budget controls, approvals, and allocation schedules for grants or programs.
Aligns performance metrics using Charity Navigator scorecards for Program Efficiency, Fundraising Ratio, and more.
360° view connecting donors, grants, and campaigns with financial and relationship data.
Manages affiliates across countries with multi-currency, multi-language, and consolidated reporting via OneWorld.
Nonprofit-Focused NetSuite Expertise
30-minute response
Certified consultants
Continuous support
How NetSuite Improves Daily Operations
- Full fund transparency
Every donation, grant, and expense is tagged and visible in real time. Track restricted vs. unrestricted funds by program, donor, or project.Faster reporting
Generate FASB and GAAP-compliant reports with prebuilt templates. Statement of Activities and Functional Expenses ready in minutes, not weeks.Simplified audits
Centralized system tracks fund restrictions and grant compliance with complete audit trails. No manual reconciliation across multiple systems.Stronger donor relations
Combined fundraising and financial data shows donors exactly how contributions drive impact with automated donor reports.Improved budget control
Multi-level approval workflows ensure spending aligns with fund policies. Budget alerts prevent overspending by grant or program.Accurate program metrics
Role-based dashboards give leadership real-time insight into Program Efficiency, Fundraising Ratio, and Charity Navigator metrics.Reduced manual work
Automated allocations, expense tracking, and revenue recognition for fund-based accounting eliminate spreadsheet management.Scalable infrastructure
Manage local chapters and global affiliates under one system with multi-currency and multi-entity consolidation.
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Get Your Nonprofit Operations in Order
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Common Questions
We handle fund accounting adjustments, grant tracking fixes, donor CRM sync issues, and FASB reporting updates. Hours roll forward. Bank them for audit season or fiscal year-end close.
Fund restrictions breaking across programs, grant billing schedules misaligned with milestones, allocation percentages off in functional expense reports, indirect cost rates miscalculating.
30 minutes guaranteed acknowledgement for S1 tickets, 7 days a week.
Fund hierarchies as programs expand, grant project templates when funding sources change, allocation rules for shared costs, restricted vs unrestricted revenue workflows.
Yes. Auto-generate invoices tied to milestones, trigger budget-to-actual alerts, build burndown reports for program managers, script allocation calculations for indirect costs.
We troubleshoot donation sync delays, pledge tracking disconnects, campaign attribution breaks, and recurring gift processing errors. Monitor data flow and fix mapping issues.
Yes. We build functional expense reports, tune program vs management cost allocations, extract data for Schedule D, and prepare documentation auditors and grantors request.
Configure new country subsidiaries, set up intercompany eliminations for consolidated reporting, localize currency and tax requirements, extend fund accounting across regions.
