Nonprofit Organizations

We can help you set up and maintain your nonprofit organization’s tax-exempt status by handling all the IRS reporting for you.

Each year the IRS requires most tax-exempt organizations to submit Form 990, which includes the following items:

  • Income Statement with very specific revenue and expense categories like donations, salaries, postage, rent…
  • Balance Sheet with specific categories like cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable…
  • Functional Expense Statement with all the expenses allocated to either program services, fundraising, or operations.
  • Individual Program Expense Statement that reports all of the expenses for each program or service like seminar programs or educational mailings.
  • Revenue Support Schedules that detail the organization’s sources of income in specific categories like charitable donations, membership fees, investment income.
Nonprofit Taxes
The IRS uses these very specific revenue and expense classifications to determine if your organization will retain its tax-exempt status. So it’s imperative that you build your accounting system around these revenue and expense classifications.

Here’s what we do for nonprofits:

  • Review and compile your financial statements
  • Design, install, and maintain your accounting system
  • Weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly payroll preparation
  • Payroll tax preparation and deposits
  • Provide training for your accounting personnel
  • Complete and file your nonprofit status application
  • Provide training for your board on nonprofit financial statement usage and effective budgeting practices
  • Prepare and file the 990 and 990T tax forms
  • Prepare your initial start-up documentation, including incorporation, federal employee identification number (FEIN), and payroll setup with federal and state agencies.
  • Churches: We prepare the pastoral housing allowance and other required benefit documentation to meet the complex dual status of ministers.

If you’re starting a new nonprofit organization we can help you prepare your organization’s 501(c)(3) application for tax-exempt status.

Items needed to complete a nonprofit organization’s taxes:

  • Articles of Incorporation containing the Exempt Purpose Statement as described in IRS Code section 501(c)(3) and defined in Treasury Regulation 1.501(c)(3)-1 Paragraph d and the Dissolution Statement described in Treasury Regulation 1.501(c)(3)-1 Paragraph b subparagraph 4 (“Organizational Test”).
  • Employer Identification Number
  • By-laws of the Organization
  • Minutes of Board Meetings
  • Names, Addresses, and Resumes of Board Members
  • Names and addresses of all Active Members
  • Inventory of Assets like cash, furniture, equipment, property, and pledges.
  • Inventory of Liabilities like mortgages, accounts payable, and loans.
  • Rent/Lease Agreements and Contracts
  • Revenue and Expense Statements for the last four years or as far back as possible if your organization has been in existence for less than four years.
  • Written Reason for Formation and History of the organization.
  • Organization Mission Statement or Statement of Faith or Beliefs for Churches and other Religious Organizations.
  • Organization Activities, Operations and Programs Documentation including your statement of purpose & operations, food programs, fundraisers, and flyers/brochures/pamphlets.
  • Financial Support Documentation including all sources of revenue like contributions, tithes, offerings, and fundraisers.
  • Fund Raising Program Descriptions
  • IRS Processing/Filing Fee

We are happy to prepare any of these items if you need help.

Need Help With Your Nonprofit’s Taxes?

We’ve been doing taxes for many years, and there’s nothing you can throw at us that we can’t handle. Let us know if your nonprofit organization needs help, and we’ll jump right in!

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