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Nonprofit Audit Toolkit: How sweet it is When's the last time I wrote about the AICPA's Nonprofit Audit Toolkit? I came across it again this week, and it's awesome! The whole pack can be downloaded as a zip file here . It's really too good for words. You have to check it out. Among some of it's jewels are: • Audit Committee Charter Matrix • Tracking Report (Whistleblowers) • Financial Expertise • Conducting an Exec. Session • Sample RFP for CPA Services • Issues Report from Management • Independence and Related Issues • Discussions with Indp. Auditors • Peer Review of CPA Firms • Evaluating Indp. Auditors • Fraud and the Audit Committee • Evaluating Internal Audit Team • Hiring the Chief Aud...

Civil Society, Government, Church - What role do we play? Ever wonder what the role of nonprofits should be in the mix of government agencies, the business community, churches and other "faith-based" orgs? I have, since April, 2005 , ever since I heard Bruce Sievers speak on the topic. It is great grist for the mill. And so the quest for knowledge continues. Recently, a friend sent me a job opening for an innocuous position for the County of Orange called "Performance Auditor". The job paid well (approx. $90 to $150K) and the job description read like so many others: This position will report to the Performance Audit Director and be assigned activities such as: management audits, process improvement studies, reorganization studies, cost effectiveness assessments, cost-benefit analysis, best practice analysis, program performance evaluations... etc. etc. All read normally until...I got to the the requirements section. It read: The candidate must also ...

Job Hunting II A good list of job search sites needs regular maintenance, here are three additions since our earlier post . From here on we'll post the whole updated list (with new items first) bi-monthly. Bridgestar's mission is to support and strengthen nonprofit organizations by enhancing the flow and Effectiveness of passionate and highly skilled leaders into and within the nonprofit sector. Commongood Careers - a nonprofit search firm that connects highly skilled, passionate individuals to organizations that are dedicated to creating positive social change. Founded by nonprofit professionals. Offers personalized, engaged support to job seekers and organizations throughout the hiring process, as well as access to a wealth of knowledge about nonprofit careers. California Only: Nonprofit Directions is a job listing service for the nonprofit sector, available both in print and on the web. Nonprofit Directions is a service of the Center for N...

NONPROFIT JOBS CORNER THE SAD: A recent job search turned up this position advertisement: Litigation Attorney Disability Rights Legal Center http://www.idealist.org/match/851494920-305 Los Angeles, CA Salary: $48,510 per year depending on experience plus excellent benefits Imagine graduating from Law School to find this salary! How will the Disability Rights Center recruit good talent with this offer??? THE FUNNY Add it to my "new favorite job title": 1) I just had to read the job announcement for this one: Chief People Officer Seems this is what they're calling a Human Resources Manager today. I remember when I thought calling People "Human" resources (as opposed to natural resources like petroleum I suppose) was egregious. What exactly was wrong with "Personnel Manager" again? 2) This is almost as good as (yes it is real!): Dream Coordinator - I've always wanted to coordinate dreams but I keep getting sleepy... Dream...

The Best of 2007 and one new-comer Forgive me if I sing the praises (one more time) of my three favorite bloggers, but I simply must. These three blogs have enough material to keep me reading all winter (and real I will!). But before I begin, let me introduce a new nonprofit blog on the block. I don't know how I missed it, but it looks like it launched with a bang last September. UnCivilized Society is quite the entertaining blog. Admittedly I'm partial to the "Un's", ever since the Un-Cola, I've been into un. White Courtesy Telephone - Last time I checked this was Albert Ruesga's baby, but on a recent visit (shows how long I am on the uptake), I see a community of bloggers. I am here to sing the praises of them all. If I had to pick one word, I'd say "entranced". I'm still hoping to craft a post title so clever as this: Nonprofits, Virtual Worlds, and the Triumph of Ironic Distance GiftHub - What kind of being could blen...

This in from the AP: A Bangor, Maine woman is in jail on a felony theft charge for embezzling $60,000 (maybe more) from a nonprofit that assists families with foster and adopted children. Police arrested Katherine Ratliff, 39, after workers at Adoptive & Foster Families of Maine discovered discrepancies in the organizations accounts. From a post on Deal W. Hudson's blog : 85 percent of Roman Catholic dioceses that responded had discovered embezzlement of church money in the last five years, with 11 percent reporting that more than $500,000 had been stolen. Related Nonprofit Eye post: 2006 Nonprofit Hall of Shame Technorati Tags: Charity , Fraud , Fraud Detection , Hall of Shame , Nonprofit

Well would you? No, I'm not talking about volunteering. I mean do what you do every day at your nonprofit, but for free. Yes you have said "I love my job so much that I'd do it even if they didn't pay me". But what if they didn't? A friend of mine recently said that she didn't know people who worked for nonprofits got paid! It bothered her that any of her donation went to someone doing accounting, she had given it to the kids! So here we are worrying about excessive compensation, and she's worrying about compensation period. The fix is in folks. Now that the new 990 is a reality, anyone paid more than $150,000/yr will be highlighted. Yes, this means you. While the average household income in the US still hovers around $36,000, try living in Manhattan or San Francisco (or LA for that matter) on under $100,000. A recent cost-of-living comparison showed a $116,000 salary in LA to be the equivalent of $212,000 in Manhattan. Given numbers ...

Nonprofit Eye - Backstage Pass - New Feature A Letter from the Editor It's a new year and in lieu of resolutions, we have turned our "Eye" inward. The result? An examination of focus of the Nonprofit Eye. Looking out to the audience, two posts continue to grab a huge share of our readership (one on (of all the arcane topics: revenue recognition) and the other on Job Hunting). Readership takes a dive when I turn to self-exploration, technical topics, philosophical musings on nonprofit identity. I have to admit that even my own interest was waning as I've swum thru the waters of all things related to the Nonprofit World. So get ready for a new spin in 2008, and very soon...a new website and domain name. Such a move means a new start, appropriate for the beginning of a new year. And such a start demands a new theme. Time for audience participation here dear readers. Two themes call strongly to me and I'd love to hear your comments on them (both as to mark...