What Counts Social Accounting for Nonprofits and Cooperatives

How do nonprofit organizations add value to communities? How can they create social capital out of the dollars invested in them? Can nonprofits and cooperatives measure their social performance and make their business case? How can nonprofits justify the public's trust in them? How can nonprofits measure their outputs with more accuracy? What Counts: Social Accounting for Nonprofits and Cooperativesanswers these questions and more.Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook,andBetty Jane Richmondfrom the University of Toronto go beyond traditional accounting and tell the story of nonprofit and cooperative performance. Touted by many sector leaders, both domestically and internationally, this book will appeal to: Nonprofit and Cooperative Managers, Members, Staff, and Boards Instructors in Nonprofit Management, Business, Public Administration, Community Development, Cooperative Studies, and Accounting Volunteer Coordinators Government Funders, Donors, Foundations Social Researchers and Policy-Makers What Counts: Social Accounting for Nonprofits and Cooperativesstarts where accounting leaves off, with methods for calculating Outputs Volunteer Value Social Return on Investment Value Added Learn how social accounting has evolved and how it is used today. How can social accounting include social indicators and add to the full performance story for social organizations? Go no further. Quarter, Mook, and Richmond provide answers and insight to this emerging field.Quarter, Jack is the author of 'What Counts Social Accounting for Nonprofits and Cooperatives', published 2002 under ISBN 9780130463050 and ISBN 0130463051.