Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 272 pages
- Published by: Jossey-Bass May 18, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0787975400
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0787975401
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Book Dimensions:
10.7 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.7 pounds
Product Review
"This much-needed resource provides those with little or no bookkeeping experience with practical advice in a highly accessible format. Designed to be easy to use, this book is filled with illustrations and checklists." (
bookbargainsandpreview.com, 4/28/08)
“…will be of help to the novice in developing financial reports and budgetary management systems.” (
Accounting Technician, Oct 2005)
Product Review
"
Bookkeeping for Nonprofits is the remarkable new guide for a new generation of accounting challenges bookkeepers face every day."
--Frances Hesselbein, chairman and founding president, Leader to Leader Institute
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Bookkeeping for Nonprofits provides a rare combination of consummate professionalism and clear, accessible writing. Underlying the wealth of technical information lies a great deal of wisdom. The authors have found a way to translate their enormous, on-the-ground experience into usable, actionable policies, procedures, and practices. It is a book that gives all you need to create a fiscally responsible agency with the bonus of helping you become a better manager and a wiser person."
--Peter Block, business consultant and author of
Flawless Consulting and
The Empowered Manager "
Bookkeeping for Nonprofits provides an great understanding of the practical application of bookkeeping in the real work environment."
--Ron Werthman, vice president, finance/treasurer and CFO, Johns Hopkins Health System, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
"This is a wonderful book that every bookkeeper in a nonprofit organization should have."
--Eusebio David, fiscal director, Federation of Multicultural Programs, Inc.
Reader ReviewsThis book will help bookkeepers new to non-profit accounting. The book goes into detail, showing actual entries, and the reasoning behind them. It also points out dos and don'ts, basic accrual accounting, and what reporting an accountant will need for the 990 form. The book is a primer for the non-profit bookkeeper and/or organization treasurer.