Bookkeeping Basics: What Every Nonprofit Bookkeeper Needs to Know

This book lays out definitions for all the common terms and presents bookkeeping basics in a clear, concise, and practical way that is easy to understand. Concepts are broken down into smaller parts and grouped together so that you can see their relation and develop a sense of "the big picture" and how it all fits together. Using this book, I was able to get a quick handle on my new responsibilities and know what my next steps are. Thanks for the help and the clear and thorough examples!

I read this as a refresher of bookkeeping for a small non-profit organization. I picked up some good tips on reporting and budgeting. The details of accounting will have to be gleaned from another source, especially when there is an error in the records that isn't obvious. Overall, I found this book helpful.

This is a great resource for people who do not have any background in bookkeeping or accounting. I did take two accounting classes in college about 10 years ago but they had pretty much nothing to do with bookkeeping or non-profits. What this book has that others don't is very specific instructions for going from source documents to making journal entries to posting to the General Ledger. Basic stuff that is incredibly confusing if you don't know how to do it-and ridiculously simple once you do.

This is a good book that I used when developing training in basic bookkeeping.

Starting with little knowledge of bookkeeping, I learned from this book that much of what I thought I knew was wrong. It is a good book and has helped me a lot, but when I finished, I still had more questions than answers. In particular, I would have liked more information about how to begin and end an accounting period.

Very Informative!! Great read!!

I read in a weekend and felt a much better grasp of the accounting terms I keep hearing in meetings at my new job.

I needed a crash course in setting up a chart of accounts for a small not-for-profit organization. I have studied basic bookkeeping and accounting in school, but it did not go into nonprofit and fund accounting. This book was a great help.

I wanted something that told me how to do things. It was full of stuff telling me what to do. No help at all. Very disappointed.