Fun with Financials For Funders

Prior to launching Fun with Financials in 2004, Carol spent 12 years in various nonprofit financial roles — from Office Manager to Chief Financial Officer to Co-Executive Director to Board Member. Carol has worked with hundreds of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations around the country to help build financial health and literacy in the social justice sector. In addition to her professional experience, Carol brings a degree in economics to this work as well as her sense of humor and ability to make financials fun!
Carol is the youngest of six kids and grew up in Boston. As a life long Red Sox fan and now a dedicated San Francisco Giants fan, she knows what it means to be loyal in adversity and how to savor the victories when they come. Carol dreamed of being an astronaut when she was a kid and even studied aerospace engineering in college. So when she says that nonprofit finance isn’t rocket science, she means it!
She’s learned from yoga and swimming that persistence yields transformation. She’ll see just about any movie that comes out but will only truly love one or two. Sort of her approach to life as well.
Carol has married the same woman twice and is counting on the Supreme Court to keep it legal this time. She loves living in San Francisco especially the moment each day when the sun breaks through the fog.

Julie Funke has been working with Fun with Financials since 2011. She has a true passion for using her strengths in finance, compliance and management to support the social justice movement. Julie works to help her clients think about the finances as a key tool to plan strategically and sustainably for their organizations.
Julie began her career at Ernst & Young then moved to an architecture and landscape design firm headquartered in Detroit. She shifted to work full-time in the nonprofit world in 2010 when she was hired as the Director of Finance & Administration at State Voices – a national nonprofit that provides tools and resources to support civic engagement across the country. Julie held that role until 2015, when she shifted to work with Fun with Financials full time. Julie holds a BA in Economics and a master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Michigan. She is also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Michigan. She lives in Ferndale with her husband Jay and their two sweet rescue pups, Trammell & Whitaker. After work, you can find her in the pool or harvesting from her urban garden.