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Managing in Hard Times
Get best practices and tools for managers of environmental and conservation nonprofits in challenging economic times. Learn how to track your finances, recognize danger signs, assess your options, and make tough decisions fairly with the best interests of the organization in mind.
Managing Restricted Funds
Unique accounting standards require that nonprofi ts report contributed income in one of three categories: unrestricted, temporarily restricted, or permanently restricted. This resource aims to define unrestricted, temporarily restricted, and permanently restricted income and give nonprofit leaders the tools to record, report, and effectively manage contributed income and net assets.
Maximizing Nonprofit Internal Controls: An Essential Guide for Even the Most Pure
Whether your nonprofit is more like an intimate family or an enormous well-oiled machine, fraud can occur, and when it happens, it can damage your reputation, relationships with funders, and staff morale. In other words, you can't afford it.
Measuring Fundraising Return on Investment and the Impact of Wealth Intelligence
In WealthEngine's second edition of this report, they provide an in-depth exploration of how to measure, implement and assess ROI within fundraising.
Public Disclosure Requirement
Pension Protection Act of 2006 enacted numerous changes to the tax law provisions affecting tax-exempt organizations, including public disclosure of UBIT Returns
New Year’s Resolution for Nonprofit Fundraising 101
With any luck, the dust is beginning to settle after a flurry of development activity during the calendar year end. Now is the time to inventory your organization’s fundraising practices and procedures to ensure that they are not only compelling but also legally compliant.
Nonprofit Audit Guide
The National Council of Nonprofits has created this Nonprofit Audit Guide to provide charitable nonprofits with the tools they need to make informed decisions about independent audits.
Nonprofit Financial Policy Guidelines
Developing and adopting a written financial policy clarifies the roles, authority, and responsibilities for essential financial management activities and decisions.
Nonprofit Fiscal Policies and Procedures
Establishing good fiscal policies and procedures is more of an investment of time and attention than money. This guide offers a recommended structure for policies and procedures as well as some questions to guide you in considering what is best for your organization.
Nonprofit Fraud: It’s a People Problem, So Combat It with Governance
How can nonprofits' leaders and boards better mitigate their fraud risks? First and foremost, they should focus on governance.
Nonprofit Postage Rate for Marketing Mail
Get information on eligibility for nonprofit postage rates and the application process.
Operating Reserve Policy
This AICPA tool contains sample elements that can be used in the creation of an operating reserve policy.
Operating Reserves for Nonprofits
The majority of the nonprofits responding reported that they had less than three months of operating reserves on hand.
Overhead Cost Definition Worksheet
This resource is an overview of different overhead definitions, and what may or may not be included.
Questions Regarding Form E-585
Certain nonprofit entities are allowed semiannual refunds of sales and use taxes they pay on direct purchases and leases of tangible personal property and services. Learn more about form E-585, Nonprofit and Governmental Entity Claim For Refund State and County Sales and Use Taxes, and how your organization can request refunds.