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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to extraordinary challenges for nonprofit organizations and their leaders. While focusing on shrinking funding to continue their important missions, nonprofits must also grapple with the impact of remote work which has changed the nature of their operations and introduced new complexities for internal controls. In their roles as advisors, board members have a fiduciary duty to support overwhelmed nonprofit staff through these challenging times. Armed with the right knowledge, board members can also help the organization seize opportunities for digital transformation that will provide benefits well into the future.

Join GRF CPAs and Advisors’ nonprofit audit experts for an interactive discussion exploring the key financial challenges faced by nonprofit organizations during the pandemic and the critical lessons learned. The presenters will examine accounting and internal controls, the annual audit process, general operations as well as best practices to ensure effective governance continues at the organization.

The presenters for this webinar are both current board members of nonprofit organizations and bring both the auditor’s and board member’s perspectives to this important and timely discussion. Be sure to bring your questions!

Key Takeaways

• Best practices to address the challenges nonprofits continue to face as a result of the pandemic
• Critical updates to make to your financial procedures and internal controls
• Changes in process to improve the efficiency of your next annual audit
• How to turn remote work and changes in operations into an asset for the organization

Omid Mohebbi, CPA, Manager, Nonprofit Audit 

Omid Mohebbi, CPA is a manager with GRF CPAs & Advisors. He joined the firm in 2011 and specializes in audits of nonprofit organizations including foundations, associations and other charitable institutions, and audits of employee benefit plans.

Additional Program Details

• Learning Objective: To provide attendees with best practices to ensure effective governance continues at nonprofits during Covid-19.
• Instructional Delivery Methods: Group Internet-based
• Recommended CPE: 1.0 CPE
• Recommended Fields of Study: Auditing – Nonprofit
• Prerequisites: None Required
• Advance Preparation: None
• Program Level: Basic
• Course Registration Requirements: None
• Refund Policy: No fee is required to participate in this session.
• Cancellation Policy: In the event that the presentation is cancelled or rescheduled, participants will be contacted immediately with details.
• Complaint Resolution Policy: GRF CPAs & Advisors is committed to our participants’ 100% satisfaction and will make every reasonable effort to resolve complaints as quickly as possible. Please contact kdavis@grfcpa.com with any concerns

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