Introduction to QuickBooks accounting

Using the nonprofit menu

Understanding the financial statements of a nonprofit

Unified chart of accounts (UCOA)

Nonprofit forms and letters

Setting up accounts for different nonprofits (such as traditional charities, membership associations, houses of worship, performing arts organizations, private schools, and even governmental agencies)

Setting up programs

Entering grants

What's a form 990?

Setting up members and donors

Recording individual donations

Recording lump sum donations

Tracking and receiving grants

Receiving general contributions

Making deposits

Setting up vendors and employees

Entering and paying bills

Writing checks

Using an outside payroll service

Paying employees

Paying payroll taxes

Tracking volunteer time

Classifying expenses and payroll by program

Allocating expenses by percentage to programs

Basic profit & loss statement

Profit & loss statement by month and by program

Budget vs. actual reports

Year-end financial statements for auditors, directors and accountant (for 990 tax form)

Adding, deleting, resizing, and reordering columns on reports

Filtering and formatting reports

Saving reports and creating memorized report groups

Customizing forms

Creating and using custom fields

Exporting reports to Excel

Entering and reviewing budgets

Copying prior year's budgets

Modifying budgets using Excel

Importing an Excel budget

Tracking budgets by program

Entering budgets by grant

Preparing budget reports for the board of directors

Generating budget vs. actual reports

Entering pledges

Reports of outstanding pledges

Sending reminder letter for overdue pledges

Invoicing for membership organizations

Setting up members

Reports of past due, dues

Sending renewals

Understanding in-kind contributions

Accounting for in-kind contributions

Setting up Matching Grants

Recording donations and pledges for matching grants

Reports for matching grants

Creating a capital campaign

Setting up the appropriate accounts, classes, and budgets for a capital campaign

Entering pledges, individual contributions, and lump-sum contributions for a capital campaign

Recording year-end adjustments

Reports for capital campaigns

Creating a special event

Setting up the appropriate accounts, items, and budgets for a special event

Accounting for sponsorship activities

Entering ticket sales

Tracking in-kind contributions, lump-sum deposits, and expenses for a special event

Reports for special events

Creating fundraising letters

Creating accounts and items for letters

2 methods for entering income from letters

Accounting for expenses

Reports for fundraising letters

Creating accounts, items, and customers for fiscal sponsorships

2 methods for entering income

Accounting for payments

Reports for fiscal sponsorships

Entering information for donors and volunteers

Sending letters to donors

Year-end reports for donors

Tracking time for volunteers

Running the profit & loss statement by committee

Creating special accounts and budgets

Reports for Houses of Worship

Creating classes and accounts for funds

Entering transactions to funds

Recording beginning fund balances

Reviewing fund balances

Using QuickBooks on a network (multi-user)

Password protecting QuickBooks

Updating QuickBooks

Protecting your QuickBooks data

Setting up payroll

Entering employees

Setting up payroll items

Tracking and invoicing time

Processing paychecks

Modifying paychecks

Making tax deposits

Preparing tax forms

Using online banking

Handling bounced checks...easily

Entering customer down payments/deposits

Setting up automatic transactions (memorizing transactions)

Using credit cards

Entering purchase orders

Receiving inventory

Adjusting inventory quantities