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Compliance Guide for 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Organizations \| Direct Link This tip sheet explains the importance of keeping tax records, what records should be saved, what federal tax reports and returns must be files and what disclosures must a 501(c)(3) organization make. Key Terms: accounting, FAQs, financial management, insurance, record keeping, risk management Author: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) \| Published: 2004
Financial Management Training Center \| Direct Link This Web site offers Business Finance courses available online, downloadable, and in PDF format. All courses are free and accessible from the web page. Key Terms: cash flow, competitive intelligence, financial management, financial performance, mergers Author: Financial Management Training Center
GuideStar \| Direct Link This Web site contains an advanced search option that allows users to access reports and financial information such as 990 forms on many individual nonprofit organizations. Under the nonprofit section, users will find articles about the nonprofit sector. Author: GuideStar \| Published: 1994 Preferred Practice: Spend Money Like Your Donors Would Raise enough money to ensure stable programming, but do not raise more money than is needed. Source: Joel J. Orosz, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Create An Endowment Endowments help to stabilize organizations by providing a steady stream of reliable income, in good times and in bad. Source: Joel J. Orosz, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
How to Use Quick Books \| Direct Link This resource provides an overview of QuickBooks as an accounting tool. It gives examples of the functions the software is able to do specifically in relationship to activity-based costing (ABC) for nonprofits. Key Terms: accounting, financial management, record keeping, software tools, technology Author: Urban Institute
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly \| Direct Link This journal is an international, interdisciplinary journal for nonprofit sector research. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ) provides a forum for researchers from around the world to publish timely articles from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Author: ARNOVA
Nonprofit Times \| Direct Link This newsletter is a business publication for nonprofit management that includes an Issue Library. NOTE: A paid subscription is required for most viewers although the service provides nonprofit executives with a free subscription. Author: The Nonprofit Times
Unified Chart of Accounts \| Direct Link This article lists a model Unified Chart of Accounts along with several tools relating to it. Key Terms: accounting, financial management, record keeping, unified chart of accounts Author: National Center for Charitable Statistics \| Published: 2006
What Should Our Chart of Accounts Include? \| Direct Link This resource provides an explanation as to why a chart of accounts is important. It also, explains the different parts the chart is divided into (assets, liabilities, net assets or fund balances, revenues, and expenses) in order to ensure it is useful to the organization. Key Terms: account charts, accounting, financial management, organizational management, record keeping Author: Labyrinth, Inc.