Nichole Craig's Graduation Project: tuesday 9/9/08

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

tuesday 9/9/08

I've been thinking more, and I have a pretty good idea of what kind of topic I want to do my grad project on. I think I should clash something dealing with animals and something for a charity. The reasons for this would be for my beneficial state and to give back to the community, in a way. I'm going to look on some websites to look up anything good. Ok, so I went on google and I typed chartities for animals. So I ended up on charitynavigator.org and I'm just browsing on how to go about doing this. Should I get involved with one of the big charities or should I make my own? I have to do more thinking now.

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key terms

• Assets: A charity's assets include cash, savings, investments, property, and other items of ownership with an exchange value.
• Charity – A charity exists to serve a societal group mission, and does not pursue self-interest or pay out profit to individuals. It is recognized by the IRS as tax-exempt and eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
• Compensation: Using information reported on an organization's most recent Form 990, we include as compensation an individual's salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and other allowances.
• Expenses – A charity’s expenses include spending on such things as salaries, supplies, equipment, travel, and conferences. Also including the value of donated goods that a charity distributes.
• Income statements – Shows the breakdown of a charity’s revenue and expenses, its payments to affiliates, excess or deflect, and total net assets reported in the most recent fiscal year.
• Liabilities – debt for which the charity is legally responsible for.
• Net Assets: The difference between a charity's assets and its liabilities.
• Non-profit – this exists to serve societal or group mission, and does not pursue self-interest or pay out profit to individuals.
• Revenue: Charities can derive revenue or funding from a variety of sources, including contributions, program services, membership dues, interest on savings, investment income, special events, and sales of inventory.
• Working Capital Ratio: Determines how long a charity could sustain its level of spending using its net liquid assets, or working capital, as reported on its most recently filed Form 990.