Date: November 2017

Jennifer Alleva Named Managing Partner

Jennifer Alleva has been named Managing Partner at Your Part-Time Controller, LLC, effective immediately. Your Part-Time Controller, LLC (YPTC) provides accounting, financial reporting, and other financial services primarily to nonprofit organizations.

YPTC Staff Learn About Innovations in Education

Nonprofits working in the educational sector face ongoing challenges. Their stakeholders are highly passionate with widely varying opinions and agendas. Establishing metrics to evaluate program impact can be daunting. And

Learning About Nonprofit Legal Issues and Federal Audits

With our staff members now spread out in offices in Philadelphia, New York, Washington, and Houston, it’s always exciting when we get together for continuing education training and the opportunity

Meet “The Wizards of I.D.D.”

Accountants are really, really good with numbers. We can reconcile your bank statements and do your cost accounting. We can calculate your debits and credits. We can prepare your month-end

Your Chart-of-Accounts: The Key to Meeting Competing Needs For Financial Information

Your nonprofit organization faces demands for financial reports from a variety of different constituencies including management, staff, board committees, funders, grantors, donors, auditors, bankers and the IRS. Many of these

Behind the Numbers: Cost Allocations when Fundraising is Involved

In our previous Behind the Numbers article, we explained the accounting rules governing the allocation of costs among the functional areas of programs and supporting services in nonprofit organizations (see Nonprofit

Behind the Numbers: Accounting for In-Kind Contributions

Almost all nonprofit organizations have at some time received “in-kind” contributions; also known as “gifts-in-kind.” These non-cash contributions can take various forms such as gifts of long-lived assets, services performed

Which accounting software package is best for you?

This article — updated from a 2006 version — is courtesy of Idealware, which provides candid information to help nonprofits choose effective software. For more articles and reviews, go to

Behind the Numbers: Fraud and its Warning Signs

“You understand how we do business in this city, don’t you?” asked the executive director. “Do you understand our culture?” Unfortunately, we did, which gave us cause for alarm. Our client’s executive