Compliance & governance support for nonprofit boards.
Governance infrastructure that builds your board’s capacity for financial oversight.
18+
years of nonprofit-exclusive practice
500+
nonprofit clients served
60+
nonprofit professionals
95%+
client retention rate
Governance capacity built over time.
We design audit committee structures, deliver board financial literacy sessions grounded in your organization’s actual reports, and review Form 990 Part VI governance responses before filing. The engagement builds your board’s capacity for financial oversight as a recurring discipline tied to your governance calendar.
When boards lack the structure fiduciary duty requires.
Board members carry a fiduciary duty to oversee the organization’s finances. But a board without a functioning audit committee, or with members unclear on what financial oversight actually requires of them, cannot meet that duty in practice regardless of individual good intentions. Form 990’s Part VI governance questions exist because the IRS recognized this gap: a board that cannot answer basic questions about its own financial review processes has a structural problem, not just a documentation gap.
This is commonly the case. Many nonprofit boards are recruited for mission expertise, community relationships, and fundraising capacity rather than financial oversight experience. Without deliberate structure, the governance gap does not close on its own. It persists until an audit finding, a funder question, or a board transition forces the issue.
Audit committee structuring.
Designing or refreshing an audit committee charter that defines real responsibilities, a real meeting cadence, and clear reporting lines to the full board. The charter functions as a working document the committee references, not a compliance artifact filed and forgotten after adoption.
Board financial literacy sessions.
Structured sessions that build board members’ comfort reading and questioning financial statements. Each session is built on your organization’s actual reporting, so board members practice on the same statements they will see at their next meeting.
Form 990 Part VI governance review.
A review of your governance question responses before filing, so the answers reflect genuine organizational practice rather than aspirational description. This review catches gaps between what the Form 990 says the board does and what the board actually does.
Financial statement walkthroughs.
Guided sessions that walk your board through what to look for in the Statement of Activities and Statement of Financial Position. The goal is fluency built over time: each walkthrough builds on the last, so new board members inherit an established practice rather than starting from zero.
How we build governance capacity.
01
Governance gap assessment.
We evaluate your current audit committee structure, board financial literacy level, and Form 990 Part VI responses against what genuine fiduciary oversight requires.
02
Audit committee charter.
We draft or refresh a charter that specifies responsibilities, meeting frequency, and reporting lines, built to be used rather than filed.
03
Education cadence.
We establish a recurring education rhythm tied to your board meeting calendar, so financial literacy builds incrementally rather than resetting with every board turnover.
04
Ongoing support.
As board composition changes, we adapt the education approach to the new members’ backgrounds and the committee’s evolving needs.
Proven across over 500 clients.
Governance support at Han Group draws on the same team producing your monthly financials, and it connects your board members to a broader peer network through the Nonprofit Leadership Exchange. The people advising your audit committee already know your numbers.
That connection matters because governance capacity is rarely built in isolation. A board treasurer who hears how peer organizations structure their audit committees absorbs governance practice faster than one working from a template with no peer context. Our recommendations are grounded in patterns observed across 500+ nonprofit clients, not generic best-practice checklists written for organizations the recommender has never worked with.
Related services.
Internal controls.
Assessment and design of the controls that protect your books, reduce fraud risk, and hold up under audit testing.
Accounting & reporting.
Monthly close, donor-restriction tracking, and board-ready financial reporting built into the operating rhythm of your organization.
Nonprofit Leadership Exchange.
Webinars, peer roundtables, and board governance education for the nonprofit controllers, CFOs, and board members shaping sector financial health.
Financial audits.
Independent financial statement audits tailored to your organization’s structure, reporting requirements, and stakeholder needs.
Your board’s oversight capacity is worth building deliberately.
If your board carries fiduciary responsibilities it is not yet structured to meet, a partner is ready to help design the governance infrastructure that closes that gap.