About this course

Proficiency Area: Overseeing.

Financial Overseeing measures a board's ability to oversee an organization's finances.

In the third (and final) lesson toward your bronze Merit badge, you'll explore:

  • Three core best practices to spot effective financial oversight: policy development, sustainability, and compliance. .

  • Basic activities each board member should regularly do.

  • Common finance committee tasks and activities.

  • Three common ratios used to measure your organization's financial health.

Course curriculum

    1. Exploring Financial Overseeing Effectiveness

    1. What effective financial oversight looks like

    2. Measuring Financial Oversight Effectiveness

    3. Check your learning

    1. Financial Oversight Resources

    2. Bronze Badge Transcripts

    3. Financial Overseeing Bronze Badge Wrap-Up

    4. Before you go...

About this course

  • Free
  • 8 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

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