Nonprofit Financial Commons | rmccambridge@nonprofitfinancials.org | Activity https://nonprofitfinancials.org/members/ram/activity/ Activity feed for rmccambridge@nonprofitfinancials.org. Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:16:13 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.3.70 en-US 30 hourly 2 d319258440c9e58ef8c9c04eb9695fbc Ruth.McCambridge replied to a discussion in the forum Your Community Awaits https://nonprofitfinancials.org/forums/topic/how-to-recruit-board-members-with-finance-experience/#post-1984 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:28:06 -0600 Reply to How to recruit board members with finance experience?

I would second Wade. Don’t make the mistake of recruiting what used to be called “MAPS” (middle aged professionals) for their financial or other professional skills. All board members should be focused on the mission above all- go to your own networks and do some leg work to find out who among you mission focused creatives and scientists also has…

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]]> 30a7b4af5e1606994ff7d5b09aac0da2 Ruth.McCambridge started a new discussion in the forum Your Community Awaits https://nonprofitfinancials.org/forums/topic/i-saw-that-cristyn-asked-in-future-you-should-post-your-own-questions/ Tue, 23 May 2023 18:29:02 -0500 I saw that Cristyn asked about booking multi year settlement dollars

We sue pollutors under the Clean Water Act. As a part of settlements we get payments or book a recievable up front to pay us to monitor their future compliance.for, say, the next three years. I think that our accounting should record this as deferred or unearned income on the balance sheet and recognize the revenue as it is earned each year under…

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]]> 1ebafc03df15d066900502cf1de502eb Ruth.McCambridge started a new discussion in the forum Your Community Awaits https://nonprofitfinancials.org/forums/topic/from-lisa-who-would-like-to-know-about-crediting-daf-gifts/ Tue, 23 May 2023 18:02:38 -0500 from Lisa who would like to know about crediting DAF gifts

When we get a DAF gift are we supposed to credit it in our records to the DAF entity or to the individual fund donor?

]]> 3a9b108217be0342617328386a45e4f7 Ruth.McCambridge started a new discussion in the forum Your Community Awaits https://nonprofitfinancials.org/forums/topic/a-question-about-the-role-of-the-board-treasurer-is-this-allowable/ Mon, 22 May 2023 17:31:53 -0500 A question about the role of the board treasurer - is this allowable?

I am posting this for Kelle who asks:

Is it a good idea and even a good crossover for our board treasurer to do day to day bookeeping for our organization?

]]> 30f234480073d8f681e8908b75f5d4ed Ruth.McCambridge posted an update: I am very excited to be a part of this community of hard […] https://nonprofitfinancials.org/news-feed/p/197/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 23:56:04 -0500 I am very excited to be a part of this community of hard working, insightful, risk embracing and downright brilliant colleagues. I am expecting to learn from the applied wisdom of every person here!!

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