# Cash Flow and Spending

**URL:** <https://community.mtnonprofit.org/t/cash-flow-and-spending/35>\
**Category:** Finances\
**Created:** [May 4, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.mtnonprofit.org/t/cash-flow-and-spending/35 "2022-05-04T22:22:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![MNA\_Kate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.mtnonprofit.org/mna_kate/32/17_2.png) [@MNA\_Kate](https://community.mtnonprofit.org/u/MNA_Kate)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.mtnonprofit.org/t/cash-flow-and-spending/35/1 "2022-05-04T22:22:33Z")

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How do folks approach operational spending (credit cards, purchase orders, etc.) so that it doesn’t hamper managers from doing their job while still maintaining control over cash flow? Give us your ideas, solutions, and hurdles!

For a discussion primer, read this article from Nonprofit Quarterly (fall 2017): **[Cash Flow in the Nonprofit Business Model: A Question of _Whats_ and _Whens_](https://nonprofitquarterly.org/cash-flow-nonprofit-business-model-question-whats-whens/)**