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Public mandates, market monitoring, and nonprofit financial disclosures

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Public officials have recently sought increased regulation of financial disclosures from not-for-profit organizations as a means of improving accountability with the public. One objective of this study is to examine whether not-for-profit entities already subject to audit requirements submit financial reports in compliance with GAAP. Further, since the majority of not-for-profit organizations are not subject to public audit mandates, this study also ascertains whether other market actors such as donors monitor and demand accrual-based financial information. The empirical analyses indicate that not-for-profit organizations subject to public audit mandates are largely in compliance with GAAP, although a significant minority of organizations subject to state requirements is not; further analyses suggest that external oversight significantly influence the use of accrual reporting. Models are also tested on a subsample of not-for-profits that switched from cash to accrual reporting, with the results suggesting that increasing public and market oversight have a significant effect on the decision to switch methods. The overall results suggest that public and market actors demand accrual-based financial reporting from not-for-profit organizations.

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  • Calabrese, Thad D., 2011. "Public mandates, market monitoring, and nonprofit financial disclosures," Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 71-88, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jappol:v:30:y::i:1:p:71-88
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    1. Anne-Mie Reheul & Tom Van Caneghem, 2024. "To comply, or not to comply: the question is why," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 58(1), pages 21-46, August.
    2. Gross, Andrew & Neely, Daniel Gordon, 2014. "The role of the paid preparer in nonprofit reporting quality," Advances in accounting, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 55-66.
    3. McDonald, Bruce D. III & Goodman, Christopher B, 2020. "The Truth about Honesty in the Nonprofit Sector," SocArXiv 48g5c, Center for Open Science.
    4. Mayapada, Arung Gihna & Biswas, Pallab Kumar & Roberts, Helen, 2024. "Financial reporting timeliness and its determinants in UK charities," Advances in accounting, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    5. Gordon, Teresa P., 2013. "Not-for-profit accounting in a changing world of standard setting: What professors and students need to know," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 232-243.
    6. José Miguel Tirado-Beltrán & Iluminada Fuertes-Fuertes & J. David Cabedo, 2020. "Donor Reaction to Non-Financial Information Covering Social Projects in Nonprofits: A Spanish Case," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(23), pages 1-17, December.

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