Index to the Implementation Guide

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Affiliated organizations

Combined financial statements (Standard 17 )
Staff as board members (Standard 4 )

Affinity credit cards (Standard 19 )

Annual report

Contents (Standard 16 )
Website (Standard 17 )

Assets available for use (see Unrestricted net assets, Standard 10 )

Auditor's management letter (Standard 1 )

Board meeting (Attendance at; number of, annually; spacing of) (Standard 3 )

Board of directors

Annual report roster (Standard 16 )
Compensation, direct and indirect (Standard 4 )
Conflict of interest assessment (Standard 5 )
Minimum membership (Standard 2 )
Organizational self-assessment (Standards 6 , 7 )
Oversight responsibilities (Standard 1 )

Budget

Board approval (Standards 1 , 14 )
Format (Standard 14 )
Use in available assets calculation (Standard 10 )

Cause-related marketing (Standard 19 )

Chief executive - see Staff member(s)  below

Complaints (Standard 20 )

Conflict of interest

Board -approved policy (Standards 1 , 5 )
Factors in assessment (Standard 5 )

Disclosure, point of solicitation (Standard 19 )

Effectiveness

Assessment of (Standard 6 )
Report on assessment of (Standard 7 )

Endowment (Standard 10 )

Extenuating circumstances, evidence of -see Ratios  below

Financial review as acceptable financial statement (Standard 11 )

Financial statements

Acceptable forms of (Standard 11 )
Receipt by board (Standard 1 )

Fixed assets (Standard 10 )

Functional breakdown of expenses

Example of (Standard 12 )
IRS 990 as source of (Standard 12 )

Functional expense categories

Accuracy of (Standard 13 )
Annual report presentation (Standards 16 , 17 )
Budget (Standard 14 )

Fund raising

Accuracy, etc., of appeals (Standard 15 )
Agreements with fund raising firms (Standard 1 )
Expense ratio (Standard 9 )
Financial reporting of (Standard 13 )
Privacy requirements (Standard 18 )
Types of (Standard 9 )
Website (Standard 17 )

Guidestar.org, links to (Standard 17 )

Honoraria (Standard 4 )

IRS Form 990

As acceptable financial statement? (Standard 11 )
&s source of functional breakdown of expenses (Standard 12 )
Board review of (Standard 1 )
Compared to audited financial statements (Standards 8 , 9 )
Use in calculating ratios (Standards 8 , 9 , 10 )
Website requirements (Standard 17 )

IRS Form 990 EZ

As acceptable financial statement (Standard 11 )
Board review (Standard 1 )
Ratios, inadequacy for calculating (Standards 9 , 10 )
Use in calculating program expense ratio (Standard 8 )

Joint cost allocations

Assessing accuracy of (Standard 13 )
Disclosure in audited financial statements (Standard 11 )

Mission

In organizational self-assessment (Standard 6 , 7 )
Statement of, in annual report (Standard 16 )

Privacy requirements (Standard 18 )

Program categories

Breakdown in financial statements (Standard 12 )
Budget (Standard 14 )

Program expenses

Accuracy of financial reporting (Standard 13 )
Financial documentation (Standard 11 )

Ratio (Standard 8 )

Ratios

Available assets (Standard 10 )
Extenuating circumstances, presenting evidence for (Standard 8 , 9 , 10 )
Program expense (Standard 8 )
Fund raising expense (Standard 9 )

"Related contributions" (Standard 9 )

Sales promotions (Standard 19 )

Special fund raising events, financial accounting for (Standard 13 )

Staff member(s)

As board chair or treasurer (Standard 4 )
Conflict of interest assessment (Standard 5 )
Staff head performance, board review of (Standard 1 )

Solicitations-see Fund raising above .

Unrestricted net assets (Standard 10 )

Websites

Contents required (Standard 17 )
Privacy policy (Standard 18 )