Category: Nonprofit

Protecting your company through the purchase of various forms of insurance is a risk-management necessity. But just because you must buy coverage doesn’t mean you can’t manage the cost of doing so.  Obviously, the safer your workplace, the less likely you’ll incur cos...

Affordable accounting. Nonprofit finance committees and leadership teams continue to battle this issue. For small to mid-sized nonprofits, each full-time equivalent job description might as well say: jack-of-all trades, master of all.  The responsibility of the board and fi...

Nonprofit accounting has remained fairly stagnant since the 1990’s but that will be changing over the next few years, specifically with how organizations will now be recognizing revenue. In the past, it was looked at on whether it is an exchange (typically grants initiated...

“What do you mean I have to charge sales tax on my sales?  I’m a tax exempt organization!”  That is a common mistake in the tax exempt community.  In Minnesota, an organization can apply for a formal tax exempt status from the Minnesota Department of Revenue. Form S...

What really is a non-profit organization?  Can they make a profit?  Are donations to them always tax deductible?...