Mitigating Nonprofit Financial Fraud

This webinar is led by Mark Halpert, the principal of the accounting firm Halpert CPAs. During this session, Halpert provides an overview of the kinds of fraudulent activities that can take place in nonprofit organizations, best practices for mitigating these activities, and two case studies from nonprofit executive directors who experienced—or nearly experienced—financial breaches, and how they managed them.

About the Speakers

Mark Halpert is the Principal at Halpert CPAs. He is a certified public accountant, registered in California and in Canada. He has previously held roles as a public accountant and auditor, as well as director of finance in nonprofit and for-profit sectors. His firm specializes in establishing and maintaining accounting systems for nonprofit organizations, with services ranging from developing internal controls, to preparing annual results for audit and tax reporting.

Also featured in today’s webinar:

• Anne Marie Burgoyne, managing director at Emerson Collective

• Beth Schmidt, director at Emerson Collective (and previously, founder and executive director of Wishbone.org)

• Kim Valente, operations manager at StrongMinds

• Sean Mayberry, founder and executive director at StrongMinds

Presentation Materials

• Halpert CPAS

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Articles

• Nonprofit Fraud: It’s a People Problem, So Combat It with Governance (by Gerry Zack and Laurie De Armond in Nonprofit Quarterly)

• A Violation of Trust: Fraud Risk in Nonprofit Organizations (by Jonathan T. Marks, CPA, CFF, CITP, CFE, and Pete A. Ugo, CPA in Nonprofit Risk Management Center)

• Lex Mundi Legal Audit Checklist (Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation)