How To Record Pass-Through Contributions in QuickBooks Online artwork
QuickBooks Online and Accounting For Non-profit Bookkeepers

How To Record Pass-Through Contributions in QuickBooks Online

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  • April 11th 2020

Hello again everyone and welcome back to the podcast.

Today's show is going to be a combination of this podcast and a YouTube video demonstrating what I'll be discussing today.

The topic of discussion today is how to correctly record pass-through contributions in QuickBooks online.

So what's a pass-through contribution?

A pass-through contribution is a contribution made to one non-profit entity (referred to as the recipient), who then transfers the funds to a second non-profit organization called the beneficiary)

This type of transaction is referred to as an "agency" transaction.

In some cases, a non-profit may collect funds from its members in an agreement to use the money collected to purchase a particular agreed-upon item

So whether a non-profit receives a contribution that it intends to pass on to another organization or if it collects money from its members with the intention of purchasing an agreed-upon item, the way the transaction is recorded in QuickBooks under either scenario is the same. 

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QuickBooks Online and Accounting For Non-profit Bookkeepers

This podcast is based on the content on my YouTube channel.

I will be discussing different ways nonprofit bookkeepers can use QuickBooks online to maintain the books of a non-profit organization.

I will also discuss the basics of non-profit accounting as it relates to non-profit bookkeeping. 

Knowing how to utilize QuickBooks online alone without understanding basic non-profit accounting can pose some challenges when trying to correct errors or evaluate reports.