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What is the preferred method to establish an overhead assessment which will be applied to certain restricted donations?
Can short-term mission trip participants pay part or all of the trip expenses out of their pocket, with no financial involvement of the sponsoring charity?
A lay speaker serves on a regular basis as a lay minister at a church. The lay speaker is not ordained, commissioned or licensed. The job description includes preaching on Sunday mornings. Should the church consider the lay speaker an an employee or self-employed and can the church designate some of the payments as housing?
When an overhead assessment is applied to restricted gifts, does this change the revenue classification of the initial gift?
Who controls a nonprofit organization?
What steps should a charity take if it has accepted an earmarked gift?
May churches designate a church's net assets in an accounting sense?
What is the proper composition of a church board?
Our parachurch organization ordains ministers. Are we on safe ground to ordain ministers?
Does a church's purpose impact the determination of whether a gift is donor-restricted?
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