Nonprofit Income Accounts: Special Events Part II

By CarolCarrie / October 29, 2018 /
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Last week we laid out a simple accounting framework for special events: Special Events (parent account, not for data entry) – Special Event Income (sub account of Special Events) – Special Event Direct Costs (sub account of Special Events) The above framework accounts for all special event income in the Special Event Income account and…

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Nonprofit Income Accounts: Special Events Part I

By CarolCarrie / October 22, 2018 /
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What’s the number one accounting question on everyone’s mind about a special event? “How much did we make?” of course! We are talking about events that are primarily fundraisers, not events held to further the organization’s exempt purpose. It gets complicated when you have events for both program and fundraising purposes, but we’ll tackle that…

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