Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations : Policies and Practices
by Zietlow, John; Hankin, Jo Ann; Seidner, Alan G.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-01-02
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
Indispensable for all types and sizes of nonprofit organizations, this important book imparts a clear sense of the technical expertise and proficiency needed as a nonprofit financial officer and includes real-world case studies, checklists, tables, and sample policies to clarify and explain financial concepts.
Author Biography
Alan G. Seidner is the founder of Seidner & Company of Pasadena, California, an investment management and consulting firm with a roster of high-net-worth investors, healthcare organizations, major corporations, nonprofit institutions, and municipalities.
Table of Contents
| About the Authors | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Preface | |
| Understanding Nonprofit Organization Finances | |
| Definition of Nonprofit Organizations | |
| Characteristics of Nonprofit Organizations | |
| Understanding the Language of the Nonprofit Organization | |
| Financial Policies | |
| Financial Practices | |
| Primary Financial Objective | |
| Conclusion | |
| Liquidity Management | |
| Introduction | |
| Donative Nonprofit Organizations | |
| Evidence on Liquidity Management in the Nonprofit Sector | |
| Facets of Liquidity Management | |
| Importance of Liquidity Management | |
| What Is the Appropriate Level of Liquidity? | |
| Conclusion | |
| Managing Mission and Strategy | |
| Value of Strategic Planning | |
| What Is Strategic Planning? | |
| What Are theOrganization's | |
| Mission, Vision, andGoals/Objectives? | |
| Strategic Management Process | |
| Implementing the Strategic Plan | |
| Performance Management Systems | |
| Strategic Planning Practices: What Does the Evidence Show? | |
| Conclusion | |
| Managing Structure, Accountability, and Ethics | |
| Financial Tools and Support Structure | |
| Organizational Structure and Governance | |
| Accountability Structure | |
| Ethics | |
| Structure, Accountability, and Ethics in Practice | |
| Conclusion | |
| Developing Financial Policies | |
| Introduction | |
| Financial Policies | |
| Putting Policies into Place | |
| Establishing Procedures | |
| Financial Policies and Procedures in Practice | |
| Additional Resources | |
| Understanding Accounting Basics and Financial Statements | |
| Introduction | |
| Accounting Basics | |
| Three Financial Statements | |
| The Audit and the Audit Committee | |
| Financial Statement Users and Uses in Practice | |
| Social Accounting | |
| Additional Resources | |
| Developing Financial Reports and Ratios | |
| Introduction | |
| Major Differences from For-Profit Business Reports | |
| Objectives of Financial Reports | |
| Reporting System Design | |
| Major Reports | |
| Internal Reports | |
| External Reports | |
| Conclusion | |
| Developing Operating and Cash Budgets | |
| Introduction | |
| Overview of the Budgeting Process | |
| Are Nonprofit Organizations Doing Their Budgeting Properly? | |
| Developing and Improving Your Budgeting Process | |
| Setting the Budgetary Amounts | |
| Budget Technique Refinements | |
| Cash Budget | |
| Managing Off the Budget | |
| Conclusion | |
| Long-Range Financial Planning and Capital Budgeting | |
| Introduction | |
| Planning for the Future | |
| Financial Evaluation of New and Existing Programs | |
| Capital Budgeting: Financial Evaluation of Projects that Arise from Existing Programs | |
| Financial Evaluation of Mergers, Joint Ventures, and Strategic Alliances | |
| Financial Planning and Capital Budgeting in Practice | |
| Conclusion | |
| Managing Your Organization's Liabilities | |
| Managing the Balance Sheet | |
| Payables | |
| Short-Term Borrowing | |
| Strategic Financing Plan | |
| Steps to Successful Borrowing | |
| Matching Financial Sources to Strategic Objectives | |
| Preparing the Financing Proposal | |
| Making the Presentation | |
| Other Factors in Borrowing/Lending Decisions | |
| Municipal and Taxable Bonds | |
| Leasing and Nontraditional Financing Sources | |
| Developing a Debt and Hedging Policy | |
| Liability Management in Practice | |
| Conclusion | |
| Cash Management and Banking Relations | |
| Introduction | |
| What Is Cash Management? | |
| Collection Systems: Managing and Accelerating Receipt of Funds | |
| Disbursements | |
| Structuring a Funds Management System | p. 1 |
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