On August 5, Henry+Horne had a team of volunteers go to the Desert Mission Food Bank to help make hygiene packs, meat packs, bread packs and sort other food items for distribution to the community. The group was able to make a huge difference by sorting approximately 3,000 pounds of donated items into distributable packs. These …
On Saturday, July 15th, twenty-nine of our team members volunteered to craft “Chemo Covers” to benefit Amanda Hope Rainbow Angel’s. Chemo covers are used to cover the toxic warning labels found on chemo bags in order to help reduce children’s anxiety of receiving treatment. Chemo covers are typically decorated with a funny face, felt stickers …
On Wednesday, September 21, several Henry+Horne employees and family members gathered at Ben’s Bells studio in downtown Phoenix to get crafty for this month’s community service event. Together, they painted over 200 ceramic pieces which the organization will use to assemble wind chimes (“Ben’s Bells”) to be placed around the surrounding community. The only way …
The Exempt Organizations Division of the IRS has recently made a change in how they select nonprofit organizations for audits of the Form 990. Previously, audit selections were made based on specific types of organizations. For example, after the IRS conducted a study of nonprofit hospitals, those organizations were audited in higher numbers than other …
Alright, I’ll admit the title of this article is rather deceiving. Unless you’re just a naturally lucky accountant or a psychic, chances are you will have errors in your budget causing you to go over or under the projected budgeted amounts from the beginning of the year. I wish I had better news for you; …
Nonprofit organizations collect many different types of support from donors, which are not always cash gifts. When an organization receives gifts of goods or services, it may lead to questions. How and when do gifts in-kind get recorded? What are gifts in-kind? Gifts in-kind are donations of tangible and intangible individual property and contributions of …
Does your organization check all the right boxes? For Schedule A, that is. Schedule A is a crucial piece of the 990 for nonprofits as it calculates whether they truly qualify as a publicly supported organization or not. Generally, to be considered a publicly supported organization, the nonprofit must have support of at least 33 …
Please note the new filing date for Form 1099-MISC, per the IRS: Public Law 114-113, Division Q, Section 201, requires Form 1099-MISC to be filed on or before January 31, 2017 (compared to February 28th in the prior year), when you are reporting nonemployee compensation payments in Box 7. Otherwise, file by February 28, 2017, …
The Giving USA Foundation (a public service initiative of The Giving Institute) has released their 2016 annual Giving USA Report on Philanthropy in collaboration with The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Using data from calendar year 2015, the Giving USA report compiles and analyzes data on charitable giving in the U.S in order …
On June 1, Charity Navigator announced the launch of CN 2.1, an enhancement of their previous charity rating system CN 2.0. This includes several changes to the seven “Financial Health” rating metrics used to evaluate charities, and to help donors make wise decisions in choosing where to make their donations. Here are the primary changes …