filed in Donations on Jun.22, 2010
Neighborhood Ministries, a not-for-profit organization that has been serving the Phoenix community for decades, suffered a devastating fire to their warehouse last week. Contained in the warehouse was an entire year’s worth of items to be used in their thrift store, El Mercado de la Comunidad.
Neighborhood Ministries has put together a list of items that [...]
filed in Credits on Mar.16, 2010
Arizona has a tax credit available for people who make donations to certain “qualifying” nonprofit organizations. In past years, these organizations could qualify relatively simply and only needed to obtain qualifying certification once in order to remain certified for future years. But in 2009 the law changed. As a result, a number of our clients [...]
filed in Fraud on Jan.19, 2010
I was recently driving down the Loop 101 while listening to the news on the radio. It was reported that, due to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Red Cross was in desperate need of supplies. Monetary donations were being requested.
The skeptical auditor in me immediately thought of all of the potential charity scams that [...]
filed in Gifts on Dec.01, 2009
Recently, a group of philanthropic organizations developed a Donor Bill of Rights. They are valuable to all donors and a timely reminder as we contemplate year end donations.
I. To be informed of the organization’s mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their [...]
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