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Basic introduction to the project.

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# Using Ledger CLI for Non-Profit organization Accounting
# Using Ledger CLI for Non-Profit Organizational Accounting
Non-profit organizations, particularly 501(c)(3) charities in the USA, have
their own specific accounting needs.
Non-profit organizations (NPOs), particularly 501(c)(3) charities in the USA,
have their own specific accounting needs. These often differ from for-profit
accounting needs. For example, for-profit-oriented systems often make
problematic assumptions about the workflow of accounting tasks (often because
NPOs rely primarily on donations, rather than fee-for-service or
widget-selling income). Also, non-profit income is categorized differently
than for-profit income, and the reporting requirements vary wildly from their
for-profit equivalents.
This project is designed to provide some basic templates, tutorials, workflow
documentation and scripts to handle accounting for an NPO. The primary
example is a
[direct project (aka Model A) fiscal sponsor NPO](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_sponsorship#Models_of_fiscal_sponsorship).
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