Nonprofit and Government

How will you meet your mission?

Tailored services to meet your nonprofit’s needs

Nonprofit leaders are people who are committed, determined, care about others, and are inspiring leaders in our community, but are facing various many challenges as the needs of our communities continue to grow. Do you know where your next biggest funding source is coming from or what month you have the most expenses related to your staff? Have you thought about reducing the manual effort around closing your books each month by eliminating manual spreadsheet work and data re-entry so your staff can focus on your mission? Have you automated your reporting process helps you streamline processes and maximizes your organization’s impact?

Nonprofits must understand what’s working—and what’s not working—from an organizational perspective, not just the financial metrics. If something’s not working and meeting mission goals, you need the deeper insights to understand why, and you need this insight in real-time so you can make changes.

We bring years of expertise of serving nonprofit organizations and governmental entities, from small local nonprofits to large nonprofit organizations and worldwide foundations helping them achieve success.

Foundations
Professional trade associations
Charitable organizations and agencies
Educational institutions
Religious organizations

Membership organizations
Cultural organizations
Research and scientific organizations
501(c) organizations with revenues as large as $500,000,000
Quasi-governmental entities with revenues as large as $130,000,000

Nonprofit and Government Team

We established our nonprofit industry team to maximize the quality and delivery of our services. The team consists of 30 audit, tax, and consulting professionals. Dean Dorton’s nonprofit industry team exists both to serve our nonprofit and government clients more efficiently and to continue deepening our knowledge of the industry, especially as our clientele in this group continues to grow and diversify. Members of our nonprofit industry team have written many articles, spoken at events, and led training and are considered leaders in the nonprofit sector. We help nonprofit organizations and governmental entities avoid unanticipated problems through services beyond standard compliance:

Nonprofit accounting and financial services
Tax planning
Unrelated Business Income planning
Charitable and gift planning
Technology consulting (cybersecurity, PCI compliance, and managed IT services)
Accounting software
Litigation and forensic accounting

Nonprofit and Governmental Industry Services

We offer a full range of accounting and consulting services for nonprofit and governmental organizations and related entities, all delivered with the highest standards of independence and integrity. Our nonprofit industry team is designed to pro-actively collaborate with you about your long-term financial and strategic goals, and includes the following specialized services:

Assurance Services

Financial statement audits
Internal controls configuration, implementation, testing, and monitoring
Agreed upon procedures
New accounting standards implementation including FASB and GASB standards
Compliance audits
Due diligence procedures

Tax Services

Income tax preparation and other tax compliance and consulting services
Charitable gift planning, analysis, and structuring assistance
Sales and use tax planning
Federal reporting requirement procedures

Accounting and Financial Outsourcing

Designing and implementing nonprofit accounting and management information systems, leveraging cloud-based accounting solutions
Working with nonprofit organizations to provide full-service backoffice accounting solutions
Providing accounting staff at all levels—from CFO to accounts payable clerk—depending on the specific needs of your organization
Developing key performance indicators to aid nonprofit organizations in making business decisions
Assessing nonprofit accounting and financial management procedures and practices

Business and Technology Consulting

Strategic planning for nonprofits
Review of anti-discrimination policy and procedural requirements
Cybersecurity and risk assessments
IT infrastructure and cloud solutions
Technology network design, management, and support
Whistleblower hotlines
Forensic accounting and fraud investigation
Accounting software for nonprofits

Benefits of Working with Dean Dorton

We work to strengthen your skills by helping you decipher financial information, identify data trends, and understand exactly where your dollars are going in order to help make you a data-driven leader. The value of a dollar is critical to any nonprofit and by working together with our team, you will likely be able to reduce your costs and have a better chance to achieve your mission.

Our goal in working with you is to help you achieve your goals. Our ability to listen, to collaborate on solutions, and then apply needed expertise—whether the need is related to accounting, tax issues, or consulting on operational issues—has allowed us to build long-term client relationships that help our communities thrive through the growth of the nonprofit sector.