Which plan should we start with?
Grants + Finance, if your finance team bills grants, releases restricted funds or prepares for an audit. It keeps your books where they are and adds the grant close. A grants team working on its own can start with Grants Essentials or Grants and add finance later; nothing has to move.
Does The Nonprofit Audit audit us?
No. Your independent auditor performs your audit. Pemberlo is not a CPA firm, and The Nonprofit Audit doesn't perform audits or issue audit, review, compilation or attest reports. It keeps your grant records, schedules and SEFA ready for your auditor and helps you answer their requests from your own records. Your staff review and approve everything it prepares.
Does it replace our accounting system?
No. Your accounting system stays the book of record. The Nonprofit Audit reads your general ledger export and gives back journal entry files your system can import.
We don't have federal grants. Is it still for us?
Yes. Funder research, deadlines, budgets, grant receivables, releases from restriction and revenue recognition apply to foundation, corporate, state and local grants too. The SEFA simply stays empty until you need one.
Where do the funder suggestions come from?
From public IRS filings of about 135,000 private foundations, showing who they have actually funded, plus open federal, state and local grant programs.
How long does setup take?
Most teams start by uploading their current award letters and a general ledger export. The app reads the agreements, and a guided tour and how-to library walk each person through their part.
Does the assistant change our data?
No. Pembry, the assistant in the app, answers questions and can propose a change, but nothing changes until a person confirms it.
Who can see our information?
Only the people your organization invites, in the roles you give them. We don't sell your data or share it for advertising.