Case Study: Nonprofit Habitat For Humanity

Anna Marie’s Alliance is classified under 501 (c) (3) classification of tax exempt status since it is an organization operated for philanthropic purposes. Stakeholders of nonprofit organizations that use not-for-profit financial statements include donors, grantors, members, lenders, consumers, and others who provide resources to the not-for-profit organizations (Reck, Lowensohn, & Wilson, 2013, p. 543). It is usual for some not-for-profit entities to use cash basis of accounting for internal

Lisa Noel arrived to Manor facility on 6/15/2015. Client age -48; and her children ages are M-21 M-16, F-, F- 10 and F-7. Client and family were explains all the rules and regulation of the shelter. Clients were explaining that children over 18 yrs old cannot stay along in the unit.

According to the SFAS 117, financial statements of a nonprofit organization should include the net assets, split into categories of unrestricted, temporarily restricted, and permanently restricted, in addition to the balance sheet, statement showing any changes in net assets, cash flow, and functional expenses if applicable, plus notes (McLaughlin, 2016). This information is important because nonprofit finances are grossly

Guidance for financial statements for nonprofit organizations is provided by FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standard 117 (FASB117). The goal of FASB117 was to “enhance the relevance, understandability, and comparability of financial statements” and “requires that those financial statements provide certain basic information that focuses on the entity as a whole and meets the common needs of external users of those statements” (FASB, 1993). FASB117 is considered important because it mandates functional reporting of expenses by nonprofit organizations. FASB117 requires a nonprofit organization to prepare 3 financial statements: a Statement of Financial Position, a Statements of Activities, and a Statement of Cash Flows. In the Statement of Financial Position, the nonprofit must categorize net assets as unrestricted, temporarily restricted

1- Pine Street Inn is a nonprofit organization founded in1969 and is a national leader in the fight to end homelessness. Currently, Pine Street serves more than 1,600 homeless men and women daily and nearly 9,000 annually. In order to fulfill the organization’s mission Pine Street Inn has embarked in strategic planning to decrease emergency shelter beds and expand housing shifting the current housing-to-shelter ratio of 50:50 to 65:35. Pine Street Inn is composed of full- and part-time employees whose work carries out the mission of ending homelessness through diverse programs and job functions.

This status provides a number of financial benefits, including exemption from federal and state income tax as well as a variety of state and local taxes. Nonprofits can also receive donations that are tax-deductible to the donor and may benefit from tax-exempt bond financing. The standard hospitals must meet to receive and maintain nonprofit status is ambiguous and not easily amenable to either oversight or enforcement. There is strong evidence that many nonprofit hospitals do not operate in ways that are significantly different from those of hospitals that are operated as profit-generating

The challenges involved in accounting for charitable activities revolves around many special factors that distinguish the two types of organizations. First, charitable activities are always given to a single set of beneficiaries using resources that are donated by unrelated parties. The stewardship element of financial reporting becomes quite vital because the donor wants to get the assurance that their gift was put to the intended purpose (Burks, 2015). Financial reporting is the conduit through which transparency is created for donors and the nonprofit organization is held publically accountable. It is only through financial reporting that they get the assurance that may encourage them to donate more funds when they find out that their money or resource is put to the right use and managed well (Reheul, Van Caneghem, & Verbruggen,

All charities with donations of \$25000 or more must file financial reports annually with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The Statement of Financial Position for Habitat for Humanity reveals a number of changes in the organization's financial position over the past year. The value of the current assets has declined considerably. While the cash level has increased, the investments have declined. The current portion of grants receivable is also considerably lower this year than last, as is the inventory of homes.

It is in my opinion that religious entities should qualify for non-profit status only if they are able to out of the non-profit services they provide. Many religious entities such as churches and church organizations provide social services that would not otherwise be available to their community. However, there is a fine line that can be easily crossed if a religious entity refuses to service a particular group. If this is the case, then the religious entity should lose their tax exemption.

From the time when it was founded in 1976, by Millard and Linda Fuller, Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or simply Habitat, is establish as a non-governmental, and a nonprofit organization that works in the United States and around the world providing hope to low-income families by contributing housing opportunities to these families. They partner up with future and present homeowners to build decent, and affordable housing. These Volunteers and future homeowners work together in the building process. The Habitat for Humanity receives help from celebrities’ community volunteers and there’s an extensive application process to receive their

Choosing the expansionary fiscal policy of increasing government spending to support low-income homes is a good topic. By providing more individuals with the opportunity to own a home, neighborhoods can grow and additional jobs can be offered to contractors in order to construct the homes. In addition, the contractors will hire more employees, laborers, electricians, carpenters, and plumbers, which will increase the job opportunities and provide more spending money for the economy. During a recession, the economy experiences a slowdown, which contributes to a drop in household incomes along with an increase in the unemployment rate (Sexton, 2013). Therefore, by stimulating the economy with an increase in government spending, the aggregate demand curve will demonstrate a positive shift, which will contribute to the G for government factor.

Hospitals, schools, religious organizations, and charitable organizations are all not-for-profit organizations. Not-for-profits are either member-serving or community-serving and focus on providing services to either the members or the community and does not exist to make a profit. Furthering their cause is more important than making a profit. Member-serving organizations include credit unions, sports clubs, trade unions, retired serviceman’s clubs and their responsibility is to benefit its own members. Community-serving organizations can be local or global, and includes aid and developments programs, medical research, and education and health services. This paper will look at the accounting differences between for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

One day a customer called in with a black screen and needed technical support. He was yelling and very angry. I provided him my sympathy and took ownership to resolving the problem. Then, i completed the verification process in the account. Black screens on the television are usually caused by wrong connections. I gave him a step by step guide and he noticed that something was plugged out. He then apoligized and was very happy with my expert, self help guide and customer service. My supervisor recieved a good compliment to corporate for my services.

Nonprofits have similar financial statement requirements, except the statements differ for key fundamental differences. Instead of issuing income statement nonprofits produce statement of activities as they do not necessarily have income. The statement of stockholder equity is not produced as nonprofits do not have stockholders. Nonprofits issue a statement of financial position instead of a balance sheet. Lastly, some but not all nonprofits produce a statement known as the statement of functional expenses.