March 26, 2009

Joining Forces in the 'Back Office'

Collaborative effort by Minneapolis charities combines groups' administrative operations

By Nicole Wallace

Small and medium-size charities can be at a disadvantage when it comes to handling financial and personnel issues.

Many can only afford to hire a single person to handle a number of specialized tasks, says Stan Birnbaum, president of a collaborative effort known as MACC CommonWealth Services, in Minneapolis. What they really need, he says, "is about a 10-percent CFO and maybe a 30-percent-time accountant and a 60-percent-time accounting technician."

To solve this problem, five

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