By Divya Gadre, CPA Since navigating the headwinds of the past year, nonprofit organizations have reimagined their operations to maintain relationships with donors, volunteers and the communities they serve while discovering new means to protect mission funding. Even so, the impacts of the pandemic and calls...
By Tammy Ricciardella, CPA On Aug. 12, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the 2021 Compliance Supplement (Supplement). The Supplement is effective for audits of fiscal years beginning after June 30, 2020. The Supplement can be accessed on the OMB website. The Supplement is...
By Gail Spielberger, CIPM Privacy in the age of modern technology is a major concern for individuals and, moreover, is the focus of laws and regulations directed at organizations that use personal data. The fast-moving digital landscape has not only challenged current lawmakers, but has also...
By Michaela Kay, CPA 2020 was quite the year. While we started off with record highs in the stock market, by mid-March, we saw the fastest 30% decline in the S&P 500 in the history of the index. Since then, we have continued to see many...
By Mark Antalik A data breach is one of the worst things that can happen to nonprofit organizations, their clients, donors and volunteers. When malicious perpetrators gain unauthorized access to financial information or other personal data, they can steal identities, exfiltrate intellectual property and can cause...
By Matthew Cromwell, CPA We find ourselves years into the implementation of Title 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200 – Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). However, a few recurring matters continue to arise that lead to audit findings. This...
SINGLE AUDIT SUBMISSION EXTENSION The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Memo M-20-21 (Memo) that instructs federal awarding agencies to allow recipients and subrecipients that have not yet filed their single audits with the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) as of Mar. 19, 2021 (the date of...
By Mark Millard It's 8 a.m. on Monday. You open the doors to the office, preoccupied with tasks for the week: grant applications that need review, donor phone calls to make, staff disagreements to manage, current program execution and strategy for the future. As you settle...
By Amy Guerra, CPA New aid provided by federal agencies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic can impact the presentation of your organization’s Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA), Notes to the SEFA, and Federal Audit Clearinghouse Data Collection Form (DCF). As you prepare for...
By Marc Berger, CPA, JD, LLM On Dec. 2, 2020 the U.S. Treasury and IRS published final regulations under Internal Revenue Code (IRC or Code) Section 512(a)(6), the provision requiring tax-exempt organizations with more than one unrelated trade or business to calculate unrelated business taxable income...
