Entries Tagged ‘Grants’:

Advertising Expense May Not be a Program Activity

If you are a performing arts organization and have substantial expenses relating to advertising for people to buy tickets for the performances, it would make sense to functionally allocate those expenses to program activities, right?  After all, providing these performances is part of your mission.  Actually, the answer is probably no.  Whether advertising expense can [...]

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Three Largest Program Services

This area of the Form 990 (on both the 990 and 990-EZ) is a great opportunity for readers of the 990 to get an idea of how your organization is spending its money. The description you provide for each program service should include the program name and a succinct description of the program. The three [...]

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Piper 101 and the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

The Piper Trust is one of the most respected charitable organizations in the State of Arizona. Piper 101 is a great, free resource that should be experienced by most charitable organizations. You can never have too many best practices.
Kathy Hostetler, CPA
 
The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust makes grants to non-profit organizations that continue Virginia Piper’s [...]

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