Nonprofit Financial Commons | Mary Ellen,Arndorfer | Activity https://nonprofitfinancials.org/members/maryellengcyouth-org/activity/ Activity feed for Mary Ellen,Arndorfer. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:33:36 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.3.70 en-US 30 hourly 2 67bc126a26f241d2dd82d2e944a5a1e5 mary-ellen started a new discussion in the forum Your Community Awaits https://nonprofitfinancials.org/forums/topic/the-painful-path-of-qb-desktop-to-qbo/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 21:05:02 -0600 The Painful Path of QB Desktop to QBO

I’m interested in thoughts for anyone with a professional finance/accounting staff who has made the painful transition from QB Desktop to QBO (currently being “forced” due to Intuit’s waning support of QB Desktop). QBO is made for lay people with small, unsophisticated businesses who have limited or no understanding of true accounting systems. No…

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]]> 91c412b04728425000112da887d46a80 mary-ellen replied to a discussion in the forum Your Community Awaits https://nonprofitfinancials.org/forums/topic/allocating-severance-pay-retirement-insurance-functional-allocations/#post-1916 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:37:32 -0600 Reply to Allocating Severance Pay/ Retirement Insurance - Functional Allocations

I agree with Wade. The retirement severance is a cost of doing business, just like the salary and other benefits were while she was still employed there; I would allocate it based on the history.

]]> 19b91f49c926a82fbc2f4c78edc757d6 mary-ellen replied to a discussion in the forum Your Community Awaits https://nonprofitfinancials.org/forums/topic/article-should-you-ask-nonprofit-donors-to-cover-gift-transaction-fees/#post-1915 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:35:15 -0600 Reply to Article: Should you ask nonprofit donors to cover gift transaction fees?

100%, you should make it an option for the donor to pay these days. Our nonprofit loses 3-5% of every donation and program fee for the convenience of the customer (who is frequently benefiting on their end from the use of the credit card in terms of cash back rebates, airline miles, etc). As a donor myself to many organizations, I am always happy…

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]]> 695b644ae50a94b8fc199c93ff5d0a42 mary-ellen replied to a discussion in the forum Your Community Awaits https://nonprofitfinancials.org/forums/topic/best-budget-ing-software-for-nonprofit-organizations-and-why/#post-1684 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 18:41:35 -0500 Reply to Best Budget ing software for Nonprofit Organizations and why?

We have used Excel/Google Sheets for many years for budgeting (Quickbooks for accounting). We create an operating budget (very detailed) and a capital expenditures budget (pretty simple). A spreadsheet allows you to build all kinds of detail, formulas, past comparison data, program statistics, etc. Very flexible. Then we use it again 2/3 of the…

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