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Making Sense of Financial Statements.


If your job resembles that of many small-staff association CEOs, you're also wearing the CFO See Chief Financial Officer.  hat. Simplify this role by referring to ASAE's latest tool for translating financial information into understandable and useful data. How to Read Nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive.

Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law.
 Financial Statements (2000, ASAE ASAE American Society of Association Executives
ASAE American Society of Agricultural Engineers (Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food, and Biological Systems)
ASAE Alkali-Sulfite-Anthraquinone-Ethanol
 Publications), by Andrew S. Lang and Laurie A. Rocha, certified public accountants Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state.
, is an essential reference for quickly learning to read and understand financial documents. The book will walk you line-by-line through the financial reports key to managing your organization.

To order your copy, contact the ASAE Member Service Center by phone: 202-371-0940; or e-mail: service@asaenet.org. Request product AM12A1-216420 priced at $24 for ASAE members and $29 for nonmembers, plus shipping and handling.
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Title Annotation:How to Read Nonprofit Financial Statements
Publication:Association Management
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2001
Words:117
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