Re: why public accounting is important
Steve Hutton <[email protected]>
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In article <[email protected]>, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 05 April 2003 06:14, dep wrote: >> the reason that organizations which accept donations should be willing >> to publicly account for the money they have received is that in so >> doing, contributors and others can see that the money is spent for >> its intended purpose. > > to those who gave them the money (and if they care), yes they should. > publicly, not necessarily. a good audit and/or looking over the books by a > third party or those who invested is always a good idea, though. What if an organization wanted to encourage future donors to contribute? Most organizations that accept donations do everything they can to encourage future donations. Opening the books and publicizing their activities would seem to be amongst the most basic, if not fundamental means of doing so. Steve Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent KDE or the author's employer.