Nonprofit organizations with federal tax-exempt status must file Form 990 with the IRS each year. This form requests information about an organization’s operations, management, revenue and expenses....
Nonprofit organizations must keep up with a rather large amount of paperwork to maintain their tax-exempt status with the IRS. This includes filing regular tax and information returns. New IRS...
Fraud can have detrimental effects on not-for-profit organizations (NFPs). For-profit businesses exist for the primary purpose of earning income. They exist to provide services or products, and, in...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2023 became law on December 29, 2022. The law provides a total of $1.7 trillion for government projects spanning 12 appropriation bills and covering every...
Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) that serve low-income communities often have difficulty raising funds to pursue their missions. The COVID-19 pandemic made fundraising even more difficult. Many NPOs...
A set of accounting standards for leases is now mandatory for most business entities in the U.S., including not-for-profit organizations (NFPs). These standards, known as ASC 842, began to take...
Government funding brings some rather complicated reporting and auditing requirements. This can apply to both for-profit businesses and not-for-profit organizations (NFPs) that receive federal...
Inflation has recently soared to the highest levels the United States has seen in about four decades. In June 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that prices had risen 8.6 percent over...
Believe it or not, the new year is just around the corner. With 2023 fast approaching, not-for-profits are starting their budgets for the new year. It is easy to put the budget on the back burner or...
Planned gifts, also called legacy gifts or deferred gifts, is an agreement to give a donation at a later date and come in all shapes and sizes. Nonprofit organization can choose to offer simple...