Accounting principle

Being that you are an inquisitive person and wish to add to your knowledge base, you ask your new accountant to teach you about fund accounting that is used in nonprofit financial accounting. Specifically, you asked her the following:

Explain how fund accounting principles for nonprofit organizations affect routine revenue type journal entries.
Do you think that nonprofits should continue to abide by the wishes of contributors who donated on the basis of a specific use of their donation, or, during tough economic times, should they ask these contributors to relax any restrictions they placed on the use of these funds?
In your own words, please post a response to the Discussion Board and comment on other postings. You will be graded on the quality of your postings.

The following grading criteria will apply to this assignment:

Grading Criteria

50%

Explain how fund accounting principles for nonprofit organizations affect routine revenue type journal entries.

30%

Do you think that nonprofits should continue to abide by the wishes of contributors who donated on the basis of a specific use of their donation, or, during tough economic times, should they ask these contributors to relax any restrictions they placed on the use of these funds?

20%

Post a response to the Discussion Board, and comment on other postings.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Unit Materials

Unit 2