Nonprofit Financial Management - (Wiley Nonprofit Authority) by Charles K Coe (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A timely, practical, and concise handbook of best practices for nonprofit financial management In 2010 an estimated 325,000 charities, membership groups, and trade associations with small nonprofits disproportionately represented?stand to lose their tax exemptions for failure to comply with financial management requirements. Nonprofit Financial Management: A Practical Guide is a timely, functional, and concise handbook of best practices for nonprofit organizations of every size. Addresses federal reporting requirements and discusses methods to decrease expenses, ensure accounting control, increase revenues through professional cash management, and understand budget statements Explains how to read financial statements and analyze a nonprofit's financial condition by using the most recent IRS 990 reporting form Covers the 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, with more than 100 exhibits, this book is essential for every nonprofit financial manager. "--

Book Synopsis

A timely, practical, and concise handbook of best practices for nonprofit financial management

In 2010 an estimated 325,000 charities, membership groups, and trade associations?with small nonprofits disproportionately represented?stand to lose their tax exemptions for failure to comply with financial management requirements. Nonprofit Financial Management: A Practical Guide is a timely, functional, and concise handbook of best practices for nonprofit organizations of every size.

• Addresses federal reporting requirements and discusses methods to decrease expenses, ensure accounting control, increase revenues through professional cash management, and understand budget statements
• Explains how to read financial statements and analyze a nonprofit's financial condition by using the most recent IRS 990 reporting form
• Covers the 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, with more than 100 exhibits, this book is essential for every nonprofit financial manager.

From the Back Cover

Your best practices guide to the basics of nonprofit financial management.

Coaching you in the essentials of financial management, Nonprofit Financial Management: A Practical Guide supplies easy-to-use concepts for the financial management of nonprofits of every size and type.

Drawing upon his extensive experience in financial management of nonprofits, author Charles Coe explores:

• Federal reporting requirements

• Methods to decrease expenses, ensure accounting control, and increase revenues through professional cash management

• How to read financial statements and analyze your nonprofit's financial condition using the most recent IRS 990 reporting form

• The 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

If you are involved in the financial survival of your nonprofit organization--whether your service to your nonprofit is in the capacity of director, manager, trustee, accountant, or lawyer--Nonprofit Financial Management is a must-read to manage your nonprofit's finances effectively and resourcefully.

About the Author

Charles K. Coe is a Professor in the Department of Public Administration at North Carolina State University, teaching courses on budgeting and financial management. He is the author of over fifteen handbooks for management of state and local government, including Public Financial Management and Purchasing and Materials Management Handbook.