Not-for-Profit Accounting Made Easy, Second Edition equips you with the tools you need to run the financial
and accounting operations within your nonprofit organization. Even if you do not have a professional understanding
of accounting principles and financial reporting, this handy guide makes it all clear with complex accounting rules
explained in terms non accountants can easily understand in order to help you better fulfill your managerial and
fiduciary duties. Always practical and never over technical, this helpful guide conforms to FASB and AICPA standards
and:
- Discusses federal single audit and its impact on non profits
- Offers examples of various types of split-interest agreements
- Shows you how to read and understand a nonprofit financial statement
- Explains financial accounting and reporting standards
- Helps you become conversant in the rules and principles of accounting
- Updates board members, executive directors, and other senior managers on the accounting basics they should
know for day-to-day operations
- Features tables, exhibits, and charts that illustrate the content in a simple and easy-to-understand manner
Suitable for fundraising managers and executives, as well as anyone who needs to read and understand a nonprofit
financial statement, this is the ultimate not-an-accountant's guide to nonprofit accounting.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Understanding the Basics of Not-for-Profit Accounting.
Chapter 2. Basic Financial Statements of a Not-for-Profit Organization.
Chapter 3. Accounting for Contributions.
Chapter 4. Accounting for Investments and Financial Instruments.
Chapter 5. Accounting for Activities with Joint Costs and Indirect Cost Allocation.
Chapter 6. Affiliated Organizations.
Chapter 7. Collections.
Chapter 8. Split Interest Agreements.
Chapter 9. Accounting for Pension and Other Post employment Employee Benefit Plans.
Chapter 10. Lease Accounting Fundamentals.
Chapter 11. Analyzing the Financial Health of Not-for-Profit Organizations.
Chapter 12. Current Developments in Not-for-Profit GAAP