Nonprofit CPA in
Roseville, CA
Most nonprofits do not go looking for an auditor because they want one.
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Nonprofit CPA in Roseville, CA
They go looking because a funder asked for audited financials, because the board finally noticed the organization crossed a threshold, or because a state grant came with reporting requirements nobody on staff has seen before
That is a stressful way to start. It is also completely normal, and it is most of what we do.
Our office is on Douglas Boulevard in Roseville, which puts us in the middle of a nonprofit sector shaped almost entirely by public funding. Organizations here run on state contracts, county pass-through dollars, and special district relationships — and every one of those funding sources comes with its own reporting expectations.
We work only with nonprofits, government agencies and districts, and small businesses. That is the whole practice. It means we are not learning your reporting requirements on your engagement.
Nonprofit financial statement audits
An audit is the service most organizations are actually looking for when they call us, even when they describe it differently.
Usually the trigger is external: a funder requires it, a bank requires it, the board wants it, or the organization crossed a revenue threshold that puts it under California’s audit requirement for registered charities.
- financial statement audits prepared to nonprofit accounting standards
- Uniform Guidance (Single) audits when federal pass-through funding is involved
- compliance audits tied to specific grants and contracts
- financial reviews and compilations when a full audit is not required
- internal controls review, which is usually where the real findings come from
If this is your organization’s first audit, the hardest part is not the fieldwork — it is getting the records into a condition where fieldwork is possible. We will tell you that up front rather than discovering it in month two
Uniform Guidance & Single Audits
This is where Sacramento-area nonprofits get caught most often.
Federal money rarely arrives labeled as federal money. It comes through a state agency or a county department, and the organization does not realize it was federal pass-through until the total crosses the Single Audit threshold and the requirement lands on them.
If you receive money that originated federally and nobody has looked at whether a Single Audit is triggered, that is worth a conversation before your fiscal year closes rather than after.
- identifying and correctly classifying federal pass-through funding
- building the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA)
- testing compliance requirements for each major program
- reporting findings and working through corrective action plans
Form 990 preparation & nonprofit tax
The 990 is a public document, and it is read by people who are deciding whether to fund you.
Grantmakers pull it. Charity watchdogs score it. Board candidates read it before saying yes. A return that is technically filed but poorly presented — program expenses miscategorized, governance questions answered carelessly, Schedule O left thin — makes a healthy organization look worse than it is.
Public support testing is the one worth watching. An organization that drifts out of public charity status usually does it gradually, over several years, without noticing.
- Form 990, 990-EZ, and 990-PF preparation
- required schedules, including Schedule A public support testing
- California filings, including the Attorney General’s Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- unrelated business income (UBIT) analysis where earned revenue is involved
- exemption issues and ongoing compliance questions
Nonprofit accounting & bookkeeping
Audit problems are almost always bookkeeping problems that waited a year.
Nonprofit accounting is not just business accounting with different labels. Restricted and unrestricted funds have to be tracked separately and released correctly. Grants have to be allocated against the right periods and programs. Functional expense allocation — program versus management versus fundraising— has to be defensible, because that is the ratio funders look at.
- nonprofit bookkeeping and monthly close
- fund accounting and restricted-fund tracking
- grant allocation and reporting support
- functional expense allocation you can actually defend
- board-ready financial statements that a non-accountant can read
Fractional CFO & advisory
A lot of organizations in this region are at an awkward size: too big for a part-time bookkeeper, not big enough to justify a full-time finance director
That gap is where budgets get built on optimism and boards get financial reports nobody can interpret.
- fractional CFO and controller services
- budget development and cash flow forecasting
- internal controls design, particularly for small finance teams
- SCO Financial Report preparation for entities that report to the State Controller
- grant reporting support and funder-facing financial packages
Where Roseville-area nonprofits get caught
Usually one of these four.
- Federal pass-through funding that nobody flagged until a Single Audit was already required
- Restricted funds tracked in a spreadsheet instead of the accounting system
- Functional expense allocation done by estimate, with nothing behind it
- Growth past a state or funder audit threshold that the board did not see coming
None of these are dramatic in the moment. They become expensive at audit time, because the fix is retroactive.
How we approach it
We start by looking at where you actually are, not where the engagement letter assumes you are.
That means understanding your funding mix, what your records look like today, what your funders and the state require, and whether the timeline you have been given is realistic. If your books need work before an audit can start, you will hear that in the first conversation rather than three months in.
The firm has 25+ years behind it and more than 100 audits completed, and we work only in this space. That is most of the value — not that the work is unusual, but that we have seen how it goes wrong.
Where to start
If you already know what you need:
Nearby work
We work with organizations throughout Sacramento, Folsom, Rocklin, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Davis, and the surrounding Placer and Sacramento County communities.
If you are not sure what you need yet
Plenty of first calls start with something vague. A funder used the word “audit” and nobody is sure whether they meant a full audit or a review. The board wants better reporting but cannot say what is missing. A grant came through with compliance language attached and nobody has read it closely.
That is a normal starting point.
Tell us your annual revenue, your funding sources, and what is being asked of you. We can usually tell you within one conversation whether you need an audit, a review, or something else entirely — and what it will take to get there.
Call (916) 404-3555 or schedule a consultation to get started.
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