Leadership
3 Tips for Getting Your Nonprofit’s Finances Ready for Summer
The peonies are in full bloom, the weather is lovely, and I have taken my white capri pants from the back of my closet. That can mean only one thing, summer is close! There is nothing like the prospect of summer to bring a spring to our collective steps. Summer comes with the idea of…
Read MoreSigns That Your Organization May Be Need Outsourced HR Services
Have you ever sat at a board meeting with a feeling that the Executive Director may be exhibiting unstable behavior or may be running the organization into operational or financial instability?
Read MoreCase Study on a Federal Award Recipient
Recently, we were engaged by a nonprofit organization to help them during a significant finance team staffing shift. In addition to replacing their CFO to complete their 4-person finance team, they were also in the middle of a very rigorous Single Audit and needed an outsourced CFO to step in and help get them through…
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 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 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…
Read MoreIn Search for Balance & Purpose, Part I
We are constantly looking for balance in our lives. Balancing work and family is a popular concern, as is balancing our investments or even balancing our diets. Can anyone ever claim to have successfully achieved balance in these areas of their lives? Once we achieve it, can we maintain it? And then, how do we…
Read MoreBoard Responsibilities and Liabilities
I recently attended the BoardSource Leadership Forum called Governance by Design as an exhibitor. The classes were created to provide information to CEOs and Board members. I attended with two objectives in mind: My objective as an exhibitor was to meet potential clients. My objective as the treasurer for a non-profit organization was to learn…
Read MoreLearn It Here, Apply It Anywhere
When I accepted the job offer from Lumix coming out of college, I was a bit nervous to change industries—my internships were related to politics, media, and outreach. Simply put, none of the outlets I worked at were CPA firms. I quickly realized the skills I would learn here are transferable and that a successful…
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