Nonprofit Financial Management: A Practical Guide Hardback - 2011 - 1st Edition

Nonprofits vary from organization to organization, each with its own mission, funding sources, and organizational structure. One denominator is common with all nonprofits: each must have a sound financial management system in order to be accountable to its funders and perform capably.

Written in plain English with straightforward guidance, Nonprofit Financial Management: A Practical Guide assists all nonprofits, from the smallest to the largest and most financially sophisticated, to manage their finances responsibly and professionally.

Nonprofit Financial Management addresses federal reporting requirements and discusses methods to decrease expenses, ensure accounting control, and increase revenues through professional cash management. It explains how to read financial statements and analyze a nonprofit's financial condition by using the most recent IRS 990 reporting form. It is the first book to cover concisely all of the principal financial management subjects. It covers a full range of financial management topics, including accounting, internal controls, auditing, evaluating financial condition, budgeting, cash management and banking, purchasing and contracting, borrowing, and risk management. Written in an easy-to-read style, this book includes more than 100 exhibits, including thorough lists of best practices for you to keep in mind and include in your own work, covering a variety of real-life situations.

Nonprofit Financial Management explores:

• Creating an internal control system

• Managing the audit

• Evaluating your financial condition

• Preparing and managing the budget

• Purchasing goods

• Contracting to provide a service

• Managing capital assets and the inventory

• Investing funds

• Managing banking relations

• Borrowing funds

• Managing risks

Many nonprofits face daunting financial management challenges. The economic downturn, with its attendant decreased governmental and foundation funding, severely distressed their finances. But your nonprofit must still comply with increased federal reporting requirements. Straightforward and easy to use, Nonprofit Financial Management is a timely, functional, and concise handbook of best practices for nonprofit organizations of every size.