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Client Feature and Executive Director Q&A: FOCUS
Uniting to Fight Food Insecurity Feeding Our Communities with United Services (FOCUS) was founded in 2020 when three food organizations ...
Audit Report Changes Are Coming
The Auditing Standards Board recently issued Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) 134. The update comes as part of an effort ...
Grant Revenue and Income Recognition
In 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2018-08 which provided clarifications on how non-governmental organizations should recognize ...
The New Lease Standard is Here
The new accounting standard for Leases (Topic 842) that was issued back in 2016 is now effective for not-for-profit (NFP) ...
Nonprofit Connection Newsletter: February 2022
In this February 2022 Nonprofit Connection newsletter, our CPAs provide updates and coverage of the following topics: Best Practices When ...
Quasi Endowment Fund vs. Endowment Fund
If you regularly donate large sums of money, but continue to see an unmet social need that you wish to ...
Nonprofit Connection Newsletter: November 2021
In this June 2021 Nonprofit Connection newsletter, our CPAs provide updates and coverage of the following topics: Best Practices When ...
What Form 990 to File?
The majority of tax-exempt organizations are required to file an annual return called a Form 990. Four different Form 990s ...
Key Consideration of Grant Management
Over the past year and a half, non-profit organizations have faced significant challenges due to the worldwide COVID pandemic. Organizations ...
The Board Member Role and Financial Responsibilities
A board of directors or trustees is the source of governance and accountability for any nonprofit organization. Board members provide ...
