Accounting & Financial Management

Government and Nonprofit Accounting

Every year, government organizations must put together a CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report). The CAFR analyzes the financial status of the entity, and is put together using the GAAP and GASB.

The CAFR can include overall financial data as well as information on specific funds and reports the results of the period in question, often the financial year. The CAFR also includes consolidated financial statements and includes accumulations from previous years. This also includes a comparison of the period budget and the actual spend.

Nonprofit organizations are not required to publish CAFRs. However, they are required to put together financial reports for their Board of Directors and subsequent investors. These are called the Report of Consolidated Financial Statements which will include:

• Statement of Activities,


• Statement of Financial Position, and


• Statement of Cash Flow.