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Churches desiring to employ an audit or other accountability measure with respect to their financial operations may opt for various approaches, depending on their size, scope, and complexity. Audits and other financial accountability activities are conducted either ...
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“It all starts with mission and purpose.” These opening words by author Mike Batts sum up the proper role of financial administration in the church. Financial administration is a critically important and unique calling. Church Finance: The Church Leader’s Guide to Financial Operations provides you with the information and resources to successfully lead your church’s financial operations in keeping with your church’s unique…
Financial administration is a critically important and foundational element of a sound and healthy nonprofit. If done poorly, every day can bring a new emergency or crisis, which can impair the credibility of the organization’s message or impede its ability to carry out its mission effectively. That said, Mike Batts’ Nonprofit Finance: The Field Guide for Financial Operations of Ministries, Schools, and…
Nonprofit Financial Oversight is designed to serve as a resource for nonprofit board members, officers, finance committee members, audit committee members, and anyone else with financial oversight responsibilities in a nonprofit organization.
Special features of the book include sample policies, a sample finance committee charter, audit committee guidelines, and an annual board financial oversight checklist. The checklist serves as an annual checkup to…
Serving on a nonprofit board can be an incredibly rewarding experience for the properly prepared board member. This book is for the generous and busy people who agree to give of their time and talents by serving on nonprofit boards. Nonprofit boards often fail to do a good job of board member orientation for a variety of reasons. It takes a…
BMWL Sample Policies, Whitepapers, and Other Resources
The resources listed below are available exclusively to BMWL clients upon request. If you are a BMWL client, please request a copy of any of the titles listed below.
- Foreign Grantmaking Whitepaper
- Personal Use of Employer Owned Vehicles Whitepaper
- Sample Capitalization Policy
- Sample Conflicts of Interest Policy
- Sample Intellectual Property Policy
- Sample Gift Acceptance Policy
- Sample Policy Regarding Joint Ventures with For-Profit Entities
- Key Data Security Risk Management Questions for Nonprofit Leaders Whitepaper
- Racial Nondiscrimination Requirements for Tax-Exempt Private Schools under Federal Tax Law Whitepaper
- Sample Spousal Travel Policy
- Sample Policy on Dishonesty, Fraud, and Whistleblower Protection
- Sample Record Retention Policy
- Quid Pro Quo Contributions Whitepaper
- Sample Donor Privacy Policy
- Sample Grant Procedures Template for Grants to Individuals or Organizations
- Sample Policy for Short-Term Mission Trips and Mission Field Assessment Visits
- Religious Publishing Activities Whitepaper
- Sample Executive Compensation-Setting Policy
- Qualified Sponsorship Payments Whitepaper
- Sample Travel and Expense Reimbursement Policy
- Private Operating Foundation Whitepaper
- Various Contribution Acknowledgment Samples
- Foreign Earned Income Whitepaper
- Sample Master Grant Agreement for Grants to Individuals or Organizations
- Synopsis of Self-Dealing Prohibitions Applicable to Private Foundations
- Sample Spending Policy for Endowments and Similar Funds
- Accountable Plan Whitepaper
- BMWL Recommended Compensation Data Sources
- Criteria for Excluding Educational Benefits from an Employee's Wages Whitepaper
- New Clean Energy Tax Benefits Available to Nonprofits
- Internal Financial Audit Checklist for Small Churches
- Internal Financial Audit Checklist for Small Nonprofit Organizations
- Deputized Fundraising, Restricted Donations, and Designated Net Assets – Tax and Accounting Considerations Whitepaper
- Sample Changes to Payee Electronic Payment Accounts Policy
- Sample Artificial Intelligence Usage Policy