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An essential guide to understanding the basics ofnonprofit financial planning, written by a well-known and respected name in the field Nonprofit Financial PlanningMade Easy provides proven and practical techniques to improve your nonprofit’s financial planning. Drawing upon her extensive experience in the financial management of nonprofits, author and nonprofit financial expert Jody Blazek: * Discusses how to structure your organization for fiscal strength * Arms readers with easy-to-use procedures that make financial management a more streamlined and effective process * Describes reliable methods for maximizing resources * Provides worksheets, forms, and checklists to enable nonprofits to manage their organization’s precious financial resources * Enables nonprofit professionals to evaluate financial reporting sys- tems, GAAP and FASK, internal controls and the auditing process * Covers major functional issues in financial planning including roles and responsibilities, budgeting, asset management, and financial analysis Nonprofit Financial PlanningMade Easy is a must-read for directors,managers, trustees, accountants, lawyers, and anyone involved in the financial livelihood of a nonprofit organization. Written in the light of increased scrutiny and accountability of nonprofits, this indispensable book coaches readers in the essentials of financialplanning and supplies easy-to-use tools, concepts, and techniques for the financial management of nonprofits of every size and type. Jody Blazek is a partner in Blazek & Vetterling, LLP, a Houston-based CPA firm providing tax compliance and auditing services to tax-exempt organizations and tax consulting services to other accountants and lawyers who serve nonprofits.She serves on the Transparency and Financial Accountability Work Group of the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector of Independent Sector, the AICPA Tax-Exempt Resource Panel 990 Task Force, and is a member of the Exempt Organization Tax Review advisory board. About The Author. Preface. Chapter One. Introductory Concepts. Chapter Two. Structuring The Organization For Fiscal Strength. Chapter Three. Financing The Dream. Chapter Four. Budgeting. Chapter Five. Asset Management. Chapter Six. Nonprofit Accounting. Chapter Seven. Special Financial Tools. Chapter Eight. Obtaining And Maintaining Tax-Exempt Status. Bibliography. Index.
