Instructions for Form 990 – Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax
The Internal Revenue Service offers this guidance for completing your Form 990.
Content Type: Insights
Nonprofit Audits: A Complete Guide to Financial Auditing
This Jitasa guide helps professionals in the sector gain a basic understanding of the nonprofit auditing process.
Nonprofit Audit Guide
This guide from NCoN will help you understand what independent audits are and help you prepare your nonprofit for an audit.
GAAP Requires Nonprofits to Report In-Kind Donations on Financial Statements
Writing for HBK, Anthony Savasta explains the intricacies of GAAP’s accounting standards for in-kind contributions made or received.
Charitable Organizations – Substantiating Noncash Contributions
The Internal Revenue Service offers this guidance for recording in-kind contributions.
What’s Wrong With Your Chart of Accounts and the Solutions You Need to Make It Right
By the end of this article, you’ll have the tools to take control of your COA and improve your organization’s capacity and reporting.
Establishing a Nonprofit Chart of Accounts
A guide to help nonprofit professionals better understand and compile a chart of accounts for an organization. Compiled by Jitasa.
Financial Management
A resource list hosted by the National Council of Nonprofits on the subject of nonprofit financial policies and management overall.
Bridgespan Nonprofit Chief Financial Officer Resource Center
This resource offers articles describing a chief financial officer, advises on how to become a CFO, and guides nonprofits through hiring one.
IN is OUT and OUT is IN: Outsourcing the Finance or Accounting Function in a Nonprofit
As fiscal outsourcing becomes more common in the nonprofit sector, it may be tempting to jump on the bandwagon.