Nonprofit Accounting
How can a specialized grants management team add value to your organization?
Hiring an expert team to establish structure, efficient systems, and processes will help you comply with government grant requirements and will add value to your organization in many ways: This team focuses on government grant compliance and accounting issues – nothing else! You have a good finance team in your organization, but they have a…
Read MoreBudgets for Nonprofits
Budgets are such an integral part of your organization’s financial well-being – make sure you prepare it correctly.
Read MoreQuestions To Ask About Budgets For Non Profit Accounting
Being at a board meeting while a budget is being discussed can be a very intimidating experience. But having a discussion around the questions above can help you understand better the process.
Read MoreIndirect Cost Rate Monitoring
Indirect cost rates fluctuate each year based on the results of your operations. If the indirect rate decreases, it could be a sign that your organization is heading to a major cash flow problem to resolve. Stay on top of your current year’s indirect cost rate to plan and prepare for any changes. It is…
Read MoreBoard Member Perspective – Questions to Ask When Reviewing an Audit
You are presented with the financial statements prepared by auditors. Do you know what questions to ask? What will the auditors tell you only if you ask? The process of auditing the financial statements of an organization is quite invasive not only on the transactions and balances that make up the financial statements, but also…
Read MoreStatement of Activities – One Column At a Time
It is our tendency to immediately look at the total column on a report, but that can leave you asking many more questions, rather than understanding where you’ve been this year so far.
Read MoreBoard Member Perspective – Financial Information to Review
If you belong to more than one nonprofit board you may have noticed that each one may present a somewhat different set of financial information at board meetings. Do you know what is the appropriate information to present and examine? In order to comply with your fiduciary duty, you should be presented with complete, accurate,…
Read MoreChronic Cash Flow Problems
But these situations are usually clear to see, easy to prepare for, and usually short-lived. When an organization has chronic cash flow problems, the root may be the lack of proper planning and monitoring.
Read MoreNews Release: Accomplished Local CPA Will Instruct Class at Prestigious National Conference
Maribel Ponist will instruct Dissecting the Non-Profit Vertical for Client Accounting Services at the AICPA and CPA.com’s 2014 Digital CPA Conference Chevy Chase, MD—December 2, 2014—The CEO/Director of Client Accounting Services of Lumix CPAs and Advisors, Maribel Ponist, will be teaching a class on client accounting services at the Digital CPA Conference, December 8-10, 2014.…
Read MoreIn Search for Balance & Purpose, Part II
So your books are balanced. In fact, you have supported the major balances in your balance sheet and have traced the activity in your statement of revenues and expenses. The reports are ready to be published. Now what? What is the purpose of these historical reports? In my first article, I presented my opinion on…
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