[Cadre-politics] FYI CSL audit status

[kristina_ickes at comcast.net]

At the risk of toe stepping, my work prompts me to work with and collaborate with CPA's all day. 
Here are a select few who will likely fit the bill:

Chuck Costa - Lowell - Middlesex Street - is quite capable and likely can do either full or review for less and is familiar with NPO audits.  

His former partner, Debra Dobbins has relocated to Nashua and is also familiar with NPOs and quite reputable. 

Ed Baroody - Manchester NH is  good &  has a boatload of tattoos making him a cool auditor alternative to the blue suit and tie options. 

Trish Boucher, Concord NH is experienced with Non profits......though admittedly a bit distant geographically.  

Andrew Lane, Derry NH does a lot of work for one of my clients. I respect him. 

Drew Landry is also excellent - former tax auditor for the US Gov and friend of the NH charitable Foundation - does  a lot of NPO work for the foundation clients. He is, like Dan, capable and humble. 

Say the word and I can ask any one of them and........will ask them to donate the work. 

Note:  I have an opinion, professionally developed as a result of a client's experience, that prompts me to raise concern about St Armand in Dracut. The situation may be an anomoly- but I would be remiss to not note a concern. 

K




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From: Dan MacNeil <dan at thecsl.org> 

> Audit. 
> 
> Partly because I'm a glutton for punishment, partly because the pesky 
> grant applications ask for an "audited financial statement", I've been 
> asking around for prices on Audits. 
> 
> An accountant acquaintance from http://lowellhabitat.org/ tells me he's 
> asked around and: 
> 
> 1) $5000 for an audit 
> 2) $1500 for a compilation/review 
> 
> For an organization of $100,000, the former would be ok. 
> 
> Ironicly, I'll need to balance the checkbook to see if the later is 
> mathamatically within our reach. (It probably is). 
> 
> If we have the cash, we will probably await the counsel of the board in 
> the 11/15 meeting. to know if a document with an accounting firm's 
> stationary is of higher priority than 12 hours of battery backup, a 
> trip to http://YAPC.org, a cash reserve or case of new bath salts for 
> the Lab Jacuzzi. 
> 
> Jericho Road is looking to recruit accounting volunteers and our board 
> nominating committee guided by our esteemed vice president has a line of 
> a finance professor who might serve on our board. 
> 
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