Streetsmart Financial Basics for Nonprofit Managers [With CDROM]

by Thomas A. McLaughlin

Book Overview

Essential, accessible guidelines for interpreting and using financial information "A wonderful resource for nonprofit managers and board members alike. It hits the mark by simplifying accounting concepts and providing practical advice that can help nonprofits achieve a higher degree of accountability." -Paula Van Ness, President and CEO, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America "After thirty-three years of managing in the nonprofit sector, I find I could...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471205702
• ISBN13: 9780471205708
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Where's The Book

I never received the book and when I emailed you about it. No response.

Real world finances

Nitty gritty, hands-on finances. A good resource for the nonprofit professional because it explains how things work in the real world, not just the theory.

Informative

The book is short, sweet and to the point. Sums things up in a basic manner and gives you the information from more of a point of experience rather than the same old textbook standard jargon.

Excellent intro to accounting/finance for the novice.

As a new manager of a small/medium-sized nonprofit organization (20 staff), I needed to get up to speed quickly on accounting and finance principles, but didn't have time to take a course. This book was a great help. It's written in a conversation style, not in dry "accountant-speak," and gives the reader a good overview, with examples of all major accounting and finance concepts you are likely to run across. It even had a floppy disk with a variety of simple spreadsheets for you to learn from as you walked through each chapter. My only complaint was the spreadsheets on the disk are in an early form of Lotus 1-2-3, so those of us with Microsoft Excel have a hard time printing out these older documents cleanly (some of the formatting doesn't translate well).