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Recommendations for nonprofit social enterprise accounting services
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I’d look for a nonprofit accountant who understands both QuickBooks Online and social enterprises, rather than simply a general bookkeeper. Your chart of accounts and tracking structure sound like the real issue. REDF alumni could also be a useful source of referrals, since they’re likely dealing with very similar reporting headaches.
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Congratulations on completing the REDF Accelerator! It’s a great way to strengthen your QuickBooks Online setup. Project tracking could make grant reporting and financial decision-making much easier. I suggest you look for a nonprofit accounting professional. It should be a professional who understands social enterprises and fund accounting, rather than a general bookkeeping service.
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While it’s not an accounting firm, GrantDeskHQ.com can definitely help you with post-award reporting and financial management – they’ve got an AI-powered solution that automates a lot of the process.
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I’d focus less on finding a generic bookkeeping firm and more on someone who understands nonprofit fund accounting and QuickBooks Online. Your chart of accounts, classes, and projects should be designed around how you report grants and programmes. I’d also ask your REDF cohort for referrals; they’re likely to have encountered the same problem.
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Hi Addison – seconding the QuickBooks Made Easy recommendation, that’s a solid starting point. On the chart-of-accounts/grant reporting side specifically, that’s the piece we work on most with nonprofit clients (predawn accounting) – getting classes/projects structured properly so grant reports pull cleanly instead of fighting the system after the fact. Happy to jump on a call and take a look if useful.
Also, if bequests or planned giving ever come up for your org down the line, we put together a short guide on the accounting side of that: https://predawnaccounting.com/nonprofit-accounting-for-bequests/
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