Strengthening Financial Accounting Systems and Human Resources for Organizational Success with King County’s Best Starts for Kids (BSK) Grantees
Overview
As a capacity-building provider for King County’s Best Starts for Kids (BSK) initiative, reimagine collective is dedicated to empowering nonprofits to develop strong financial and human resources infrastructures. This support is crucial for BSK grantees working in communities across King County, helping them meet the needs of children, youth, and families while ensuring sustainable growth. reimagine collective has provided over 20 BSK grantees with tailored finance and human resources capacity building services so that they can build resilient operational foundations, ensuring they can focus on their missions.
Our Approach
For BSK grantees, reimagine collective’s goals are to:
Build reliable financial and human resources infrastructures to ensure continuity and compliance with BSK and other funding requirements.
Enhance grantee capacity by creating, reviewing, and updating finance and human resources policies to align with labor laws and grant requirements.
Provide tools, manuals and staff trainings, ensuring grantees have the skills and knowledge to manage operations independently.
Fiscal Accounting Systems Support
reimagine collective’s approach to financial support ensures that BSK grantees are well-prepared for long-term financial health and compliance:
Policy Review and Updates: Collaborating with BSK grantees to review and update finance accounting policy manuals, establishing strong frameworks that align with grant and legal standards. Creating policies, processes and procedures to ensure consistency and compliance.
Training and Skill Development: Conducting training sessions for grantee staff and finance teams to build essential financial management skills, ensuring sustainable in-house capabilities.
Software and Tools Training: Providing capacity building on financial software like QuickBooks and Aplos, streamlining day-to-day financial tasks to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
Example: reimagine collective supported a BSK-funded community-based organization focused on housing and economic development by reviewing their financial policies for compliance, creating a Finance and Accounting Policy Manual, and identifying key fiscal and areas for improvement.
Human Resources Capacity Building
reimagine collective’s human resources support focuses on establishing fair, compliant, and efficient work environments that align with BSK’s commitment to community impact:
Employee Handbook and Policy Development: Tailoring human resources policies and employee handbooks to meet labor regulations and grant requirements, ensuring all practices align with BSK’s standards for grantees.
Compensation and Performance Management: Crafting fair and transparent compensation strategies, along with implementing performance management best practices, to enhance team morale and effectiveness.
Lifecycle Management: Ensuring grantees are equipped to support employees through recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and offboarding phases.
Example: reimagine collective helped a BSK grantee focused on supporting children with disabilities by creating an employee handbook, aligning policies with BSK’s compliance requirements, assisting in the development of compensation strategies, creating a competency-based framework for performance management practices and staff development.
Operations Infrastructure and Software Training for BSK Grantees
reimagine collective equips BSK grantees with necessary software training to optimize organizational data, finance, and employee management:
CRM systems (Salesforce, Aplos)
Financial management tools (QuickBooks, Aplos, Gusto)
Human resources information systems (BambooHR, Paylocity)
Impact
With reimagine collective’s support, BSK grantees have achieved:
Stronger foundations in financial and human resources management, enhancing compliance with labor and grant regulations.
Equipped staff with essential finance and human resources skills, building sustainable internal capacity for BSK grantees to manage operations effectively.
A deeper alignment with BSK’s mission, helping grantees focus on delivering impactful services to King County’s children, youth, and families.
Testimonials
“Our experience has been incredible! Martine is accessible, responsive, and very knowledgeable.”
“reimagine collective was amazing to work with. They were responsive, communicative, and very understanding of our needs. They did a major human resources overhaul for us and were patient with us every step of the way. We love Martine!”
“Martine is incredible! Her knowledge base and expertise have revolutionized the way we see human resources within our organization. We are thrilled.”
“Martine was great, my organization had a lot of employee challenges that I would not have been able to navigate without. She made herself available and gave consistent thoughtful advice. I am grateful for her and overall the organization is in a better place.”
PARTNERS
King County Best Starts for Kids
TEAM
Martine Pham
SERVICES
Finance and Accounting Management, Policies & Systems
Human Resource Management, Policies & Systems
Grant Management
Risk Management
YEAR
2022-2024
