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Donor Report Example
Donors may have their own codes, formats and currencies. You can use your budget worksheet as a basis for converting your budget (with your own codes, currencies etc) into the donor's required presentation.
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Developing a Finance Manual
The finance manual describes an organisation’s financial systems and procedures. Its purpose is to help programme and finance staff understand their responsibilities for financial management, and how finance systems and procedures fit together. Manuals should be as easy to read as possible, keeping jargon to a minimum and explaining any specific finance terminology used.
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Commitments Register Example
If you record expenses as you actually pay for them (ie on a cash basis) it is also useful to know what payments you are committed to making, even if they aven't been paid for yet. For example, goods or services you have received but not been invoiced for, unpaid bills, orders placed, contracts signed.
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Elements of Successful Cybersecurity contributed by GRF CPAs & Advisors
Digital transformation means that organizations must be proactive about their cybersecurity. Not only are there more ways to be attacked than ever before, cybersecurity breaches are constantly changing and hackers are becoming more sophisticated. Without proper cybersecurity, the organization’s critical activities are at risk and the potential for reputational damage is real.
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Chart of Accounts
A chart of accounts lists all the different categories of income, expenditures, assets and liabilities in your organisation, together with an account code and a description. Project codes are like cost centres, indicating different projects, donors or departments.
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Cash Flow Forecast Example
Cash flow forecast example - you can use this example to create your own, by changing the receipts and payments lines to match your own account names. This cash flow forecast is for a whole financial year, but it is also useful to do one on a rolling basis, always looking forward 3-6 months from where you are now.
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Cash and Bank Reconciliation Examples
"A cash count reconciliation is where you count the actual cash in the tin and compare it to the expected balance as shown in the cashbook. A bank reconciliation is where you see the actual bank balance as shown on the bank statement and compare it to the balance on the same date in the cashbook. These two reconciliations are two of the most important internal controls in any organisation. They should be done, checked and filed every month without fail."
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Comments on USAID Proposed Information Collection (Education Cost Form), 84 Fed. Reg. 232 (December 9, 2019) & as Corrected, in 84 Fed. Reg. 243
In response to a notice regarding the collection of educational cost data, Humentum submitted three key issues for member organizations to USAID. Humentum expressed concerns regarding the use of the information collection beyond USAID funding, the quality and utility of the information collected, and the burden that collection would place on organizations.
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Comments on USDOS ECA Notice of Information Collection: SAMS-Domestic Results Performance Module (SAMS-D RPM), DOS-2019-0017, as noticed at 84 Fed. Reg. 67333-4
Humentum urged the Department of State to provide more detailed and clear information regarding the SAMS-Domestic Results Performance Module to assess the burden on organizations adequately. Humentum also informed the DOS that the burden response time may be significantly higher than originally estimated, putting a strain on organizations.
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Comments on Proposed Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection: PEPFAR Program Expenditures, DOS-2019-0041, OMB Control Number: 1405–0208, Form Number: DS–4213, as noticed at 85 Fed. Reg. 2227
Humentum urged the USDOS to revisit their proposed collection of PEPFAR Program expenditures due to an underestimated true reporting burden on PEPFAR funding recipients.
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