Diagnose and stabilize
- Books review and award inventory
- Deadline and compliance gap list
- One urgent reporting or reconciliation fix
SERVICES
Know what is restricted, what can be spent, and what needs to be reported. Give your finance team a close calendar, reconciled schedules, and one view of every award.
For executive directors, finance directors, controllers, county program managers, and boards administering restricted funding.
A GOOD FIT
WHEN ANOTHER ROUTE IS NEEDED
THE WORK, IN DETAIL
Combine the workstreams your team needs, with clear owners and review points.
9 workstreams 77 deliverables
Annual operating budget by program and function., Award budgets tied to the operating budget and grant budget justifications., Multi-year forecasts and scenario models., and five more.
Chart-of-accounts, class and dimension design by award, program and function., Schedules distinguishing net assets with and without donor restrictions under ASC 958, with CPA review of accounting judgments., Release-from-restriction schedules and supporting records., and five more.
Allowability, allocability and reasonableness review of selected ledger costs., Written cost-allocation plan and allocation workpapers., Indirect-cost comparison: eligible de minimis election of up to 15% of modified total direct costs versus a negotiated rate., and eight more.
Reimbursement invoices with supporting payroll, expense and program records., ASAP drawdown preparation and submission only within delegated authority., Payment Management System (PMS) reporting and payment-workflow support, subject to platform access and an agreed review process., and five more.
Month-end close checklist and responsibility calendar., Bank reconciliations and unresolved-item log., Credit-card reconciliations and missing-receipt follow-up., and five more.
SF-425 preparation support and program-specific financial reporting schedules., Statement-of-activities support schedules and explanations., Statement-of-financial-position support schedules and reconciliations., and six more.
Auditor/PBC request-list management and document index., Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards preparation support., Single Audit readiness assessment against the applicable expenditure threshold and fiscal year., and six more.
QuickBooks Online structure review and scoped setup or cleanup., Sage Intacct dimension and reporting requirements, with implementation responsibilities defined., BILL permissions, routing and reconciliation workflow., and five more.
Model A fiscal-sponsorship administration records and responsibility map., Model C grant-agreement and reporting support under counsel-approved structures., Sponsor and nonprofit eligibility research for a business seeking mission-related funding, under the specific funder’s rules., and five more.
A DEFINED START. AN ONGOING RHYTHM.
Timing and output volume are agreed after reviewing your records, access, and available capacity.
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
$1.7M+
Authored and managed HUD housing applications and renewals for domestic violence survivors and transition-age young people, including rapid rehousing.
Ruby’s Place · HUD Continuum of Care
$1M
Secured an Alameda County contract supporting health, wellness, workforce development, and youth leadership. Supported reporting, invoicing, and amendments.
Bay Area mentoring and leadership nonprofit
WHAT YOU KEEP
Exhibit 04 · Finance & award administration workflow
$2M
Personally authored the successful CYBHI proposal for a youth behavioral health drop-in center in Mid-Alameda County. Supported grant-related finance within a $20M organization.
Ruby’s Place · 2023–2025
$6.5M
Authored successful $5M CalVIP and $1.5M DOJ/BJA proposals. Experience spans service scopes, partner coordination, budgets, subawards, and grant reporting for community violence prevention.
County violence prevention · CalVIP & DOJ/BJA CVIPI
SCOPE & RESPONSIBILITY
Praxis prepares records and coordinates requests alongside your bookkeeper, finance lead, CPA, and counsel. We do not issue audit, review, or compilation reports, sign tax returns, or provide legal or investment advice. Accounting judgments and payments stay with your authorized reviewers.
BEFORE WE BEGIN
Usually, you keep the people who know your books. We agree who owns transaction entry, reconciliations, award schedules, review, and reporting. If you need a backlog taken over, the scope identifies the records and capacity involved.
You get a tracked request list, reconciled support schedules, and an indexed document package. Your CPA performs the attest and tax work; we coordinate missing records and prepare responses for management approval.
You receive a quote based on the number of awards, the state of the records, deadlines, and agreed capacity. The first month normally includes a diagnostic, a deadline calendar, and one priority deliverable. Work begins against a written scope.
We first sort the backlog by deadline, cash exposure, and missing evidence. Then we agree a recovery sequence, funder communications, and the records your team must supply. We do not promise to resolve a missed deadline before reviewing it.
Experience includes QuickBooks, BILL, Sage Intacct, Excel, and Google Sheets. Grant and relationship systems include Fluxx, Instrumentl, Salesforce, Airtable, DonorPerfect, and Bloomerang. Migration and integration responsibilities are scoped before changes are made.
ASAP and related payment-request work can include preparation, supporting records, reconciliation, and submission within delegated authority. We confirm the award’s cash-management terms, platform access, and approval chain before requesting funds.
Praxis carries $1 million in general liability coverage. We can provide a W-9 and coordinate a certificate of insurance for vendor review. Any additional coverage, endorsements, or registration requirements are resolved before accepting the contract.
Yes. Secure client-controlled access, a shared request log, scheduled reviews, and named approval owners support remote delivery. We agree working hours and any occasional travel before the engagement starts.
THE NEXT STEP