Sage Future 2025 – What Nonprofits Need to Know

Kiwi Partners’ Consulting team recently attended the Sage Future 2025 conference, which focused on the latest trends and innovations in financial technology. Nonprofit finance leaders were front and center as Sage unveiled major platform enhancements and a bold new vision for High‑Performance Finance. With powerful AI tools, enhanced grant management, and stronger financial transparency, Sage is equipping mission-driven organizations do more with less.

Below are the top 5 takeaways and what they mean for nonprofit organizations.

1. Enhanced Grant Management Module

• Track restricted funds, award amounts, and funder compliance more easily

• Leverage new grant dimensions with hierarchy-based control and flexible reporting

• Automate funder invoicing with back-up documentation

• Connect expenses, timesheets, AP bills, credit card transactions, and journal entries to specific grants

  
  

Result: Better fund stewardship, faster audits, and improved visibility into program spending

2. Sage Copilot – AI You Can Trust

Sage Copilot brings AI-powered automation to nonprofit finance workflows, helping teams save time and reduce errors:

• Subledger Reconciliation Assistant: Automates reconciliations between GL and subledgers—saving time and identifying errors fast

• Expense Automation and GL Coding powered by AI to reduce manual work

• Grant anomaly detection: Catch potential budget overspending or miscoding early

  
  

Result: More time for mission-focused work and less time on spreadsheets

3. High-Performance Finance for Mission-Driven Leaders

• Sage launched a High-performance CFO Academy, designed to help nonprofit finance leaders elevate their roles through CPE-accredited training in partnership with Grow CFO

• Blends strategy, systems, and AI fluency to prepare CFOs for board-level leadership

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Result: Build financial strategy capacity within your leadership team

4. Integrated Ecosystem to Reduce Administrative Burden

• Stronger integrations with tools like BILL, and MineralTree

• Expanded webhooks and triggers to support real-time updates across systems

• More powerful multi-entity AP automation—ideal for nonprofits with chapters or affiliates

  
  

Result: Spend less on administration and more on impact

5. Future-Proofed Nonprofit Reporting

• Improvements to financial report writer support real-time visibility across dimensions

• Grant-based forecasting tools now integrate with User Defined Budgets (UDB) to forecast only awarded funds

• International grant compliance features are on the roadmap

  
  

Result: Stay audit-ready and compliant with funder expectations

What's Next for Nonprofits?

Sage is investing heavily in tools that support agile, data-informed financial operations for nonprofits. From grant tracking to audit prep to advanced dashboards, Sage Intacct is evolving to be the financial backbone for mission-driven organizations worldwide.

Let's Put Innovation to Work for Your Mission

At Kiwi Partners, we help nonprofits translate Sage's technology enhancements into action. Whether you’re looking to strengthen your grant reporting, explore automation, or improve your financial stewardship, our experts can guide your next steps. Contact us to learn how we can help.