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Non-Profit Accounting: What You Need to Know
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Lillian McDonell, CPA, MBA
Managing Member
Watson & McDonell, PLLC
Lillian McDonell, MBA, CPA, is the managing partner of Watson & McDonell, PLLC in Seattle. Formed in 1986, Watson & McDonell specializes in audits and tax preparation for nonprofits including affordable housing and social service providers, environmental groups, educational institutions, and arts organizations. Lillian has expertise in the low-income housing tax credit and new markets tax credit programs, and audits conducted under OMB Circular A-133 and Government Auditing Standards. She serves on the Audit Review Committee of United Way of King County. Lillian holds a master of business administration degree from the University of Washington.
Steve Jankowiak, CPA
Audit Manager
Watson & McDonell, PLLC
Steve Jankowiak, CPA, is an audit manager at Watson & McDonell, PLLC in Seattle. He has over 15 years of experience auditing not-for-profit entities at national as well as local firms. His audit portfolio also includes clients subject to OMB Circular A-133, HUD projects and low-income housing tax credit projects. He is an active member of the Washington Society of CPA’s Not-for-Profit Committee and Annual Not-for-Profit Conference Planning Committee. Steve holds a bachelor of arts in accounting from Michigan State University.
Crystal Ewers, CPA
Controller
Water For People
Crystal Ewers holds a Master of Business Administration in Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Crystal is the Controller for Water For People, a nonprofit working in developing countries dedicated to helping everyone have access to improved water. She has worked in social service nonprofits for over ten years with an emphasis on management accounting, earning her Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) certification in 2012. Crystal’s passion for nonprofit missions coupled with her obsession for “clean” audits provides a unique industry-sympathetic perspective that is sensitive to the ever-changing demands of audits and auditors.
Jacqueline M. Tiso
CEO and founder
JMT Consulting Group
Jacqueline Tiso is the CEO and founder of JMT Consulting Group, an independent technology consulting firm that specializes in accounting and fundraising solutions for nonprofit organizations exclusively. The mission statement of JMT Consulting Group is "We empower nonprofits to achieve their mission through optimized systems and processes." She started the company in 1991 to support nonprofit organizations with fund accounting and technology and has since grown JMT to support over 2,000 organizations nationwide.
Non-Profit Accounting: What You Need to Know
LIVE Webcast
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Watson & McDonell, PLLC, is a CPA firm based in Seattle, Washington. For more than 25 years, we have provided assurance, tax, and accounting services to a broad array of small and medium-sized nonprofit organizations.
The not-for-profit sector is the cornerstone of our practice. Our clients include housing and social service providers, arts organizations, educators, and community development organizations. We also have significant expertise with low-income housing government programs, including tax credit engagements, and OMB Circular A-133 audits.
Our seasoned professionals combine years of advanced training, technical experience and financial acumen to provide close, personal attention to our clients.
We are members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Government Audit Quality Center, and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Water For People believes Everyone should have improved water Forever. And they want to help them in reaching that goal, for every family, every clinic and every school in the regions and districts where they work.
Water For People brings together local entrepreneurs, civil society, governments, and communities to establish creative, collaborative solutions that allow people to build and maintain their own reliable safe water systems. Empowering everyone transforms people's lives by improving health and economic productivity to end the cycle of poverty.
JMT Consulting Group is an independent technology consulting firm that specializes in cloud-based technologies for nonprofits, including Intacct Cloud Financials. Intacct is the cloud computing financial management and accounting system trusted by leading nonprofits in every area—including charities, trade and membership associations, cultural institutions, charter schools, and faith-based organizations. Intacct has helped thousands of organizations gain control over their finances, improve operations, increase transparency and minimize costs.
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