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The Corporate Connection: Financial Reporting In A Large Religious/Charitable Organization In Australia, H. J. Irvine
The Corporate Connection: Financial Reporting In A Large Religious/Charitable Organization In Australia, H. J. Irvine
Helen Irvine
Nonprofit organizations operate in an increasingly corporatised, competitive environment. More and more, as institutions with charitable agenda, they need to promote an image that will enhance their ability to attract the funding they require in order to continue their operations. Competition for donations is becoming more intense and society is increasing its expectations about the level of accountability desirable from such organizations. One means by which nonprofit organizations can address this issue of accountability, and present themselves to the public as financially sound and worthy of receiving donations, is through their annual financial statements. As accounting practices have changed over …