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  1. Background on Accounting

    Last updated on: June 29, 2008
    Description: Some useful links that offer information about accounting questions, organizations, and practices.
  1. Choosing Accounting Software: Questions to ask

    Last updated on: March 30, 2005
    Description: An early entry in the FAQ that still provides some useful advice.
  1. Guidance on accounting for equity investments by nonprofits

    Last updated on: March 30, 2005
    Description: The approaches are different depending on whether the investment has an easy to measure value (like publicly traded stock) or not.
  1. Should we use accrual accounting?

    Last updated on: August 17, 2008
    Description: The accrual method is generally regarded as the standard.
  1. How do I find a volunteer accountant?

    Last updated on: March 30, 2005
    Description: There are some organizations that offer help in making connections.
  1. Australia and the UK

    Last updated on: March 30, 2005
    Description: Two universities offer programs about nonprofits.
  1. What Is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Why Should Nonprofits Care?

    Last updated on: March 30, 2005
    Description: Enacted in the wake of corporate scandals, 'SOX' sets new standards of accountability and board behavior. Strictly speaking, most apply only to publicly-traded corporations, but there's more to it than that.
  1. What's involved in financial management?

    Last updated on: January 6, 2006
    Description: Online resources for assisting nonprofits achieve sound financial management.
  1. What's the best kind of accounting software?

    Last updated on: October 23, 2006
    Description: Fund accounting software is used by larger organizations and those with more complicated accounting situations. Some organizations can use software designed for households or small businesses.
  1. Is grantwriting a fundraising expense

    Last updated on: January 16, 2010
    Description: It depends how the resulting revenue will be treated.
  1. Is it possible to raise money with $0 fundraising expense?

    Last updated on: March 18, 2009
    Description: Maybe. But the accounting rules make clear that it only happens in very special cases.
  1. Can donated equipment be deductible for the donor?

    Last updated on: January 19, 2010
    Description: Donations are deductible if made to a recognized 501(c)(3) organization, or one that meets the qualifications of such.
  1. Policies for Financial Accountability

    Last updated on: March 30, 2005
    Description: Here is a sample of a detailed list of policies governing how the board of a larger nonprofit might deal with financial oversight and controls.
  1. Where are regional and local nonprofit jobs listed?

    Last updated on: November 9, 2007
    Description: Internet resources for advertising and locating npo employment opportunities that are organized for regions and localities.
  1. What about Quicken or Quickbooks?

    Last updated on: March 30, 2005
    Description: Recent editions have features suited to many nonprofits. It does not appear that it's advantageous to buy the special 'nonprofit' edition.
  1. How Do We Evaluate the Board of Directors?

    Last updated on: July 23, 2008
    Description: The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits suggests it be done annually, and offers some criteria. More information is added from the Free Management Library.
  1. What about corporate philanthropy?

    Last updated on: January 16, 2010
    Description: Corporate giving programs come in many forms
  1. Do we need to report volunteer time to the IRS on Form 990?

    Last updated on: August 17, 2008
    Description: New information about volunteers is required in the new Form 990, to be used by many nonprofits in 2009 and beyond.
  1. What Must Be in an Annual Report?

    Last updated on: October 24, 2008
    Description: There is no standard format for the Annual Report but many states and some watchdog organizations have requirements for annual reporting.
  1. Are Ratios Useful? For Donors? For the Community? (Added 2/24/96)

    Last updated on: August 17, 2008
    Description: When should donors be concerned about average costs (ratios) in evaluating the performance of organizations which seek donations as one of the ways they raise the money they need to operate?
  1. Who should process incoming donations?

    Last updated on: January 9, 2010
    Description: Organizations often tussle over which department should open the envelopes that might contain donations. Strong arguments can be advanced to support the differing views.
  1. Technology Basics

    Last updated on: August 27, 2008
    Description: An annotated compilation of FAQ items dealing with nonprofits and technology.
  1. AICPA SOP 98-2 and its Impact on Financial Reporting

    Last updated on: October 18, 2009
    Description: Rules that took effect 12/15/98 require organizations to screen activities carefully if they include a fund-raising appeal and are not classified as fund-raising in the accounts; three writers explain the background.
  1. General considerations when planning an audit

    Last updated on: June 6, 2005
    Description: The word 'audit' is used in lots of ways. This article focuses on issues and resources for a financial audit by an accountant or CPA.
  1. Bibliography: Nonprofit Literature

    Last updated on: September 24, 2007
    Description: A classified list compiled for the Internet Nonprofit Center by Prof. Peter Dobkin Hall sometime in the mid-1990s
  1. Useful books about nonprofits (authors A-H)

    Last updated on: August 17, 2008
    Description: A listing of various publications suggested by readers. Part I of a three-part listing.
  1. Software for client/donor tracking or mail merge?

    Last updated on: August 17, 2008
    Description: Some advice about choosing this kind of software. (Some from the early days of the FAQ that probably needs to be updated.)
  1. List of Books on Volunteerism

    Last updated on: September 20, 2007
    Description: Here is a list compiled in 1996.
  1. How alike are nonprofits and for-profit businesses?

    Last updated on: March 30, 2005
    Description: Some observers say running a nonprofit is much harder.
  1. I want to start a campaign to raise money for a cause. What do I need to worry about?

    Last updated on: March 18, 2009
    Description: Besides finding the money, you mean? Well, there are actually several issues that you should consider before running your own fundraising campaign.
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