Who We Serve · Nonprofit Organizations

Financial claritybehind the mission.

We help nonprofit leaders strengthen accounting, financial management, reporting, internal controls, internal audit, and day-to-day financial operations. Not a separate nonprofit product — our existing services, applied to how your organization runs.

Bowie, Maryland · Serving organizations nationwide

Nonprofit executive director and staff leaders reviewing program and financial documents together at a table
What we usually hear

What nonprofit leaders are managing

In smaller organizations the person keeping the books is often also running programs and staffing the board meeting. Four pressures surface first.

Reliable Records

Transactions categorized consistently and accounts reconciled on schedule — not reconstructed at year end.

Clear Financial Reporting

A current picture of what the organization holds, what it owes, and how the year is tracking.

Budget & Fund Management

Budgets that match how the organization operates, with restricted and unrestricted resources tracked where applicable.

Controls & Oversight

Approval, review, and documentation habits that protect the organization and the people running it.

Applicable services

How we can help

These are not separate nonprofit products. They are Montgomery Advisory's existing professional services, applied to the needs of nonprofit organizations.

Accounting & Bookkeeping

Monthly bookkeeping, categorization, reconciliations, and a month-end close that keeps records current.

Service details · Accounting Services

Financial Management

Budgeting, ongoing monitoring, and management reporting so leadership can see performance between board meetings.

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Financial Statement Preparation

Statements and supporting schedules prepared from your accounting records — separate from an independent financial statement audit.

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Internal Audit, Internal Controls & Risk Management

Internal audit procedures, control assessments, risk and fraud-risk work, scoped to how your organization actually operates.

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Business Advisory & Operations

Written procedures, financial processes, and operational improvement for organizations formalizing how work gets done.

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Two finance professionals reviewing a nonprofit's records and control documentation together
Internal audit, controls & risk

Protecting the organizationand the people in it.

Internal audit and control work is available to nonprofit organizations when it is within the engagement scope.

  • Internal audits over selected processes, cycles, or transactions
  • Internal control assessments and process walkthroughs
  • Risk assessments and fraud-risk assessments
  • Control design evaluation and operating-effectiveness testing
  • Process and control documentation
  • Findings, recommendations, and remediation support
  • Governance and oversight process support

Internal audit and internal control engagements are performed for management and the board. They are distinct from an independent financial statement audit or external attest engagement, which Montgomery Advisory does not provide.

Internal Audit, Internal Controls & Risk Management
Expertise

Research-informed. Practical by design.

Fraud prevention and internal controls in smaller organizations were the subject of Dr. Fatima Douglas's doctoral research. That perspective shapes how we approach controls and organizational risk here — practically, and sized to the staff you actually have. More about the firm.

Board & leadership

Financial information your board can actually use.

Board members bring commitment and judgment; they do not always bring accounting training. Everyone in the room should be able to follow the numbers and question them well.

  • Management reporting leadership can read between meetings
  • Budget-to-actual visibility with explanations, not just variances
  • Financial statements walked through in plain language
  • Fund and restriction visibility where applicable
  • Board-ready financial information for the meeting packet
  • Clearer financial decision support for the questions in front of you

Prepared for management and board use. Governance and fiduciary responsibility remain with the board.

Volunteer nonprofit board members listening to a finance update during a board meeting
Resource Center

Reading for nonprofit leaders

Practical guidance on records, reporting, and controls.

Questions

Asked before we begin

Does Montgomery Advisory perform internal audits for nonprofits?

Yes. Montgomery Advisory provides internal audit, internal controls, and risk-management services when included in the engagement scope — procedures performed for management and the board to evaluate processes, risks, and controls.

What is the difference between internal audit and an independent audit?

An internal audit engagement is performed for management and the board to evaluate processes, risks, and controls, and to recommend improvements. An independent financial statement audit is performed by an external auditor to express an opinion for outside users such as funders and regulators. Montgomery Advisory does not provide independent financial statement audit or other external attest services.

Can you help us get ready for an external audit?

Yes — reconciled records, supporting schedules, and documentation assembled before the independent auditor begins their work.

Do you file nonprofit tax returns?

Tax work is scoped individually during the consultation. We will tell you directly whether a specific filing is within our current scope, and refer you elsewhere when it is not.

Are you only for large nonprofits?

No. Most of our nonprofit work is with smaller and growing organizations where a few people carry the finance function alongside program work.

Do we need to be in Maryland?

No. Montgomery Advisory is based in Bowie, Maryland and works with organizations nationwide.

Your mission deserves financial systems that can support it.

Whether the need is stronger accounting, clearer reporting, better controls, an internal audit, or more structured financial operations, we can help determine the right starting point.