Maria Sibley

Chief Bean Counter

We’re excited to work with Maria, owner of Balanced Bookkeeping LLC, as our technical advisor. Maria brings over 20 years of hands-on business experience across restaurant management, retail, banking, farming, and wholesale operations—giving her deep insight into how different types of organizations manage their finances and operations.

Maria specializes in helping small businesses and community organizations understand and utilize their financial information to make intelligent decisions. Her approach focuses on “On Time Operational Bookkeeping”—creating accounting systems that speak to how organizations actually operate rather than imposing complex, one-size-fits-all solutions.

Her extensive background working with businesses that serve their communities, combined with her talent for educating owners who are new to or overwhelmed by financial management, makes her an ideal advisor for our mission. Maria understands that community organizations exist because they’re passionate about their cause—and that passion shouldn’t be hindered by unnecessarily complex accounting requirements.

Through her firm Balanced Bookkeeping, Maria has built a practice around creating relationships that focus on value, insights, and analytics rather than just compliance. This philosophy aligns perfectly with our goal of simplifying accounting to empower community organizations in their poverty alleviation work.

Maria’s practical experience and commitment to making financial management accessible will help us ensure that our “Accounting for Change” system truly serves the needs of the community organizations we aim to support.