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NONPROFIT EYE CANDY?

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

NONPROFIT ROLE PLAYING?

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