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Financial Services
Learn how nonprofits can leverage their accounting systems to effectively meet and comply with ever evolving regulations & standards.
NonProfit PRO spoke with two expert nonprofit tax attorneys to provide their tips on the tax issue for nonprofit organizations. Here are the insights—from the basics to the changing landscape—shared by Cliff Perlman, partner at the law firm Perlman & Perlman, and attorney Marc J. Lane.
To get a handle on what’s in store for 2015, NonProfit PRO rounded up some of the nonprofit industry’s finest, who were kind enough to share their nonprofit trends for 2015. Here are five accounting trends.
In our very first issue, DMW Direct's Tom Hurley, who wrote a column called In the Trenches, discussed a variety of ways to save money on production costs and how a "Savvy Approach to Production Can Help Slash Your Bottom Line."
It is so inspiring to see people who are on the front lines of creating stronger schools, neighborhoods and communities in this country suddenly realize that it doesn't have to be so hard. You can stop beating your head against the fundraising wall.
No matter how you decide to handle year-end gifts, the best things you can do are to create a policy, document it and be consistent.
Let’s help our donors by giving them the facts in a manner that is easy to understand. That, on top of your compelling case for support, may help your nonprofit receive even more income this December.
The group that establishes standards for financial accounting and reporting has approved two new projects that seek to streamline the way nonprofits complete their annual financial statements.
The projects were recommended by a nonprofit advisory board to the Financial Accounting Standards Board, a private organization in Norwalk, Conn., that sets the rules that many nonprofit groups follow to satisfy creditors, investment managers, and auditors.
Ten years ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find philanthropy specialists in most private banking and investment firms. But today, philanthropic services are a major division of most wealth management operations, offering clients a myriad of investment vehicles and services to do good.
“… Philanthropy has become a central part of relationship management because it’s so much a part of a high-net-worth individual’s life,” says Eileen Heisman, CEO and President, National Philanthropic Trust.