Book Beat

Tax Planning and Compliance for Tax-Exempt Organizations: Rules, Checklists, Procedures, 5th Edition (©2012, John Wiley & Sons), by Jody Blazek and Amanda Adams, provides a guide to navigating the complex maze of nonprofit tax rules and regulations. A clear and fully cited description of the requirements for the various categories of tax-exempt entities from public charities, private foundations, civic associations, business leagues, and social clubs to title-holding companies and governmental entities can be found. Practical guidance on potential for income tax on revenue-producing enterprises along with explanations of many exceptions to taxability is provided. Issues raised by Internet activity, advertising, publishing, providing services, and much more are explained. The book covers the many significant issues facing nonprofits, including compensation and possible private inurement, affiliation, separations and mergers, donor disclosures, lobbying and electioneering, and employment taxes.



Nonprofit leaders know that solving pervasive social problems requires passion and creativity as well as tangible results. The Non Nonprofit (©2012, Jossey Bass), by Steve Rothschild, shares the same business principles that drive the world’s best companies, showing how they can (and should) be applied to the realm of nonprofits. Draws from his success in founding and building Twin Cities RISE!, which trains unemployed Minnesotans for living wage jobs, the focuses on seven principles to creating long-term success, including: having a clear and appropriate purpose; measuring what counts; creating economic value from social benefit, establishing mutual accountability; being market- and learning-driven; and supporting personal empowerment.



The Financial and Accounting Guide for Not-for-Profit Organizations, Eighth Edition (©2012, John Wiley & Sons), by John H. McCarthy, Nancy E. Shelmon, and John A. Mattie of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Not-for-Profit Industry Services Group, includes accounting, tax, and reporting guidelines for different types of organizations, detailed explanations of financial statements, step-by-step procedures and forms, and a how-to section on setting up and keeping the books. A new chapter on public debt has also been added. The book presents the latest updates to regulatory reporting and disclosure changes in recent years; reflects the totally revamped and revised AICPA accounting and audit guide for not-for-profit organizations; and addresses concerns of all nonprofit organizations, including health and welfare organizations, colleges and universities, churches and other religious organizations, libraries, museums, and other smaller groups



Those who serve the public trust must take special care to ensure they make ethical and responsible decisions. Yet the realities of bureaucracies, deadlines, budgets, and demands for quick results make the payoffs for dealing formally with ethics seem unclear. The Responsible Administrator (©2012, Jossey-Bass), by Terry L. Cooper, guides the reader through the challenges of making ethical, responsible decisions in real world situations. The book includes information on coping with new demands for accountability, presents case study examples of what works and what does not, and examines current issues relevant to administrative ethics.



Drawing on the knowledge and experience of hundreds the world's top social change leaders in all fields, author Beverly Schwartz presents a model for change based on five proven principles that any individual leader or organization can apply to bring about deep, lasting, and systematic change. Rippling: How Social Entreprenuers Spread Innovation Throughout The World (©2012, Jossey-Bass) demonstrates how and when empathy, creativity, passion, and persistence are combined; significant, life-altering progress is indeed possible. The book provides a road map that allows anyone to become a changemaker. It presents some of today's most innovative and effective approaches to solving social and environmental challenges and offers a vision of social entrepreneurs as role models, catalysts, enablers and recruiters who spread waves system changing solutions throughout society.