As many of you know, I serve on the Board of the Downtown Women’s Center, a wonderful organization committed to ending homelessness for women. At a Board meeting earlier this month, our CEO, Lisa Watson, shared some of the nonprofit trends she has been observing. One trend she noted was that the government is looking at Social Impact Investment and Social Impact Bonds [...]

The GHJ Nonprofit Conference, titled Sustainability: Imagine, Innovate, Impact is designed for nonprofit leaders, board members and professionals and will feature ideas to help catapult your organization to the next level of growth and sustainability.Conference attendees will hear from industry leaders on topics including diversified funding, social enterprise, merger [...]

Donella Wilson, Partner, will be a guest speaking at Antioch Univeristy Los Angeles, Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management. Donella wil be covering topics on board goverance and financial management on Wednesday May 5, 2015.> For more information please visit Antioch University Los Angeles, MA in Nonprofit Management

GHJ invites you to our last nonprofit workshop of 2013 where a panel of experts will be discussing emerging technology trends, business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and best practices for internal controls over technology. This event is recommended for nonprofit accounting staff, executives and Board members. Q&A session included. Moderator: D [...]

GHJ Nonprofit Partner Donella Wilson was a featured panelists at the City Club LA’s Philanthropic Forum on 9/25. This year’s Forum included influential business and community leaders who shared their insights on how to get involved and make a positive impact in our community.

Click here to listen to our 2017 Nonprofit Accounting and Tax Update Webinar. This webinar covers latest developments and issues facing the nonprofit industry. From lobbying to fraud to technology risks, our nonprofit teams shares key updates and best practice recommendations from the AICPA’s Not-for-Profit Industry Conference. Topics discussed: 5 actions nonprofit CF [...]

GHJ Private Foundation Practice Leader Stephanie Yan and Nonprofit Expert Amber Coatney wrote about how private foundations can embrace a more equitable giving approach for Inside Philanthropy. Amber and Stephanie explain how private foundations are using trust-based philanthropy to make giving more democratic, inclusive and collaborative between funders and grantee [...]

GHJ Nonprofit Expert Yulia Murzaeva will explain the key relationships in single audit in an upcoming webinar. This webinar will be hosted by AICPA’s Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC) on Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. PST. Yulia will co-present this webinar with Plante Moran Partner Amanda Ward. Yulia is a leader in GHJ’s Audit and Assurance Practice and oversees the impl [...]

Originally published in the Los Angeles Business Journal Nonprofits were early advocates for building diversity within their organizations, however there is still work to be done when it comes to board gender diversity. Donella Wilson, Partner and Nonprofit Practice Leader at GHJ and President and Chief Philanthropy Officer for GHJ Foundation, recently discusse [...]

Nonprofit Partner Donella Wilson was recently recognized by Southern California Leadership Network as 30-in-30 honoree. The 30-in-30 campaign celebrates Southern California Leadership Network’s 30th anniversary by honoring 30 outstanding SCLN alumni throughout 2017. Donella, Riordan Leadership Institute Class 32, is a community leader and serves as Board Pres [...]