Our Mission:
Spectrum Nonprofit Services provides strategy and management
expertise to enable nonprofits to work more effectively as they better our society and enrich our lives.
Maximizing your organization’s impact while increasing financial sustainability is a key to long-term success. Our clients benefit from Spectrum’s understanding of this dual bottom line. Using a framework that relies on financial and market analysis, we provide customized consulting and training services to nonprofit organizations and foundations in the following areas:
News and Events:
Should we worry about our finances?
As nonprofits face an increasingly tough time with cash flow, what ratios should board members follow to see if they need to worry? Spectrum's Steve Zimmerman writes about four ratios to ease your fears in Blue Avocado. Click here
What is Blue Avocado?
Blue Avocado www.blueavocado.org is a leading national resource for nonprofit boards and executives. Spectrum’s Steve Zimmerman joins the sector’s thought leaders writing finance and strategy related features for the publication on a regular basis. Subscribe today!
Nonprofits Consider Shared Resources As Funds Diminish
We were recently interviewed by The Business Journal of Milwaukee to comment on where nonprofits should focus efforts in these challenging times. Read the article
Podcast: What Are True Costs?
Spectrum talks with BoardStar about the challenge of identifying true program costs. Click here to listen to the podcast.

