FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE WORKSHOP, October 24th - Registration Ends Soon, So Don’t Wait!
Financial Governance for Not-for-Profit Organizations
A One-Day Hands-On Workshop to Build Systems Funders Trust
Begins Live, October 24th, 2025!
3 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP
Reason # 1: Protect Your Funding in a Tougher Environment
Donor dollars are shrinking. Government budgets are tightening. Competition is fierce. Attending this workshop equips you with the financial tools and funders, so that your organization doesn’t get left behind when resources are scarce.
Reason # 2: Gain Funders’ Trust with Strong Financial Governance
Transform your financial governance into a signal of trust and accountability, making your nonprofit stand out for the right reasons.
Reason # 3: Fix Weak Spots Before They Cost Grants
If your financial governance isn’t strong, your funding is at risk. In one day, you’ll learn practical steps to identify weaknesses, strengthen your processes, and walk away ready to present funder-ready financials with confidence.
If Your Financials Aren’t Telling The Right Story, Funders Won’t Believe Your Mission
This One-Day Workshop Will Change That. Let's Fix The System Behind Your Finances
Workshop Title: Financial Governance for Not-for-Profit Organizations
Date: October 24th, 2025
Time: 10 AM – 5 PM
Location: Artistic Decor Venue; 66 Jutland Rd unit #43, Etobicoke, ON M8Z 2G6
Includes: Lunch + practical tools
Cost: $450 +HST per person
Note: This is not a lecture. It’s a hands-on, practical workshop where you’ll learn, apply, and walk away with systems you can use immediately.
Who should attend?
This workshop is tailored for small not-for-profit organizations that do not have a robust financial reporting system…
- Executive Directors
- Board Treasurers
- Anyone preparing not-for-profit financial statements
Tip: The best composition for attendance from an organization is the Executive Director and the person preparing the financial statements.
What You Will Learn...
🔹 The Essential Components of a Best-in-Class Finance System
- Account Segmentation
- Coding of supporting documentation
- Deferred revenue reporting and monitoring
- Bookkeeping on cash basis versus accrual basis
🔹 Grant Writing for Success
- How to identify grants suitable for your organization
- Tracking the status of grants applied for.
- Negotiating grant restrictions
- Documenting grant restrictions
- Liason with finance personnel when grants are awarded.
You will get…
- A personalized list of 5 grant funders tailored to their organization’s mission & focus
- A completed Grant Readiness Audit to help you assess where you stand, what’s missing, and what you need to win grants in 2026
- A Template to work on during the workshop
🔹 Demystifying the Audit Process
- How the external audit fits into financial governance
- Key components of an audit – qualitative and quantitative
- What constitutes audit supporting evidence
- What is involved in the audit process and why it seems so long
- How to turn audits into a strategic advantage
Meet Your Experts
Andrea Chambers, MBA, BSc
The Essential Components of a Best-in-Class Finance System
Andrea Chambers is the Treasurer, and Director of Finance & Operations at Black Opportunity Fund (BOF), a national charity whose mandate is to catalyze the socio-economic empowerment of Canada’s Black communities. Andrea provides strategic financial leadership and establishes best-in-class financial processes and systems to support the operalization of BOF’s transformational mandate.
Andrea has worked extensively in impactful finance, compliance, and financial reporting roles in international corporations throughout her career. In her role at BOF, she leads strategic finance, compliance and all operating activities with a laser focus on efficiently supporting BOF’s mission and setting a benchmark of operational excellence.
Andrea is committed to championing the sustainable integration of black immigrants into Canadian society. A life-long volunteer, Andrea has a passion for supporting scholarships to underserved black students to create pathways to success through tertiary education. Andrea is a long-time Kiwanian, and former President and board member of the Canadian chapter of her high school alumni association, a Canadian Not for Profit, for over 15 years.
Andria Barrett, Trainer & Facilitator
Grant Writing for Success
Andria Barrett and her team have helped organizations receive over $15 million in funding. She is a trainer and grants consultant helping nonprofits and organizations secure the funding they need to make a difference by equipping them with real-world tools to support their employees and mission. Named one of Canadian SME’s Most Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders, Andria also serves on advisory boards for Humber College and Peel Regional Police. Learn more at www.TheDiversityAgency.com
Celia Meikle, CPA, LPA
Demystifying the Audit Process
Celia Meikle is the Partner in charge of Not-for Profits and Charities at GMS Chartered Professional Accountants LLP. She specializes in helping small to mid-sized nonprofits, churches, and faith-based organizations clean up their finances, stay compliant, and access more funding opportunities.
Event Schedule
9:30 AM – 9:55 AM
Arrival, networking
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Essential Components of a Best-in-Class Finance System
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Break
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
The Essential Components of a Best-in-Class Finance System (cont'd)
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
LUNCH
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Grant Writing for Success
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
Grant Writing for Success (Cont'd)
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Demystifying the Audit Process
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Wrap up and next steps
An Experience Loaded With Tons of Value
Hands-on learning
Bring your laptop, your financials, and your questions. Leave with tools, not just theory.
[$350 Value]
Implementation tools included
Templates, checklists, and frameworks you can apply the very next day.
[$200 Value]
Led by experts
Learn directly from professionals who work at the intersection of nonprofits, finance, and funding.
[$1050 Value]
Think about it
- The cost of one failed grant application could be tens of thousands lost.
- The cost of poor governance could mean losing funder trust forever.
- The cost of this workshop? A fraction with the potential for multi-year funding as the return.
This isn’t an expense. It’s an investment in your organization’s future.
Here’s Everything You Get When You Register Today
• Access To Financial Governance for Not-for-Profit Organizations Workshop.................................................. [$450 Value]
• Hands-On Learning Experience....................................................................................................................... [$350 Value]
• Templates, checklists, and frameworks........................................................................................................... [$200 Value]
• Network / Learn directly from professionals.................................................................................................... [$1050 Value]
Total Value: $2050
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Reserve Your Spot Today
Your mission deserves more than survival. It deserves sustainable funding, strong governance, and the trust of every donor and funder you meet. Don’t wait until another grant rejection to realize what’s missing.