Watkins Uiberall, PLLC Releases Results of Its 2009 Nonprofit Survey

Memphis, TN—The local certified public accounting firm of Watkins Uiberall, PLLC recently released the results of its third annual Nonprofit Survey.

Conducted each spring, the Watkins Uiberall Nonprofit Survey provides Mid-South tax-exempt organizations the opportunity to benchmark against their peers and review valuable industry and local statistics. The survey is designed to help organization leaders make strategic decisions relating to operations, salary and personnel, fundraising, governance and more.

“We would like to thank all of this year’s survey respondents for their participation,” says Daniel Moore, CPA, Audit Manager and leader of Watkins Uiberall’s nonprofit services division. “We are also grateful for the tremendous support we’ve received from the local nonprofit community, which has been imperative to the success of our survey over the past three years.”

To present the survey results in a manner that can be easily interpreted and utilized, Watkins Uiberall provided in the results book a description of the survey respondents, as well as summaries and graphical representation of the reported data. The 2009 survey respondents represented a diverse group of organizations, most commonly consisting of education/training organizations, arts/culture organizations and human services/social welfare organizations. The dominant profile of respondents also comprises organizations in the $1 – $4.9 million annual revenue range and with fewer than 10 full-time employees.

A new feature of the 2009 Nonprofit Survey was Watkins Uiberall’s partnership with GuideStar®, a nonprofit organization based in Williamsburg, Virginia which provides information on more than 1.7 million IRS-recognized nonprofit organizations nationwide. Specifically, the 2009 survey results include excerpts of comparative salary data courtesy of GuideStar’s 2008 National Nonprofit Compensation Report. For more information on GuideStar, visit www.guidestar.org.

“We were thrilled to have the opportunity to team up with GuideStar, which is a highly respected organization throughout the nonprofit community,” continued Moore. “The data provided to us by GuideStar allows us to add even more value to the recipients of the survey results by comparing annual salaries in the Memphis MSA to national averages.”

To view the complete results from the 2009 Nonprofit Survey, please visit http://www.wucpas.com/docs/survey-results/WU_NFP_Survey_Results_LR.PDF. In addition, to receive a copy of the survey results book, email your contact information (including address, telephone number and email address) to Daniel Moore at dmoore@wucpas.com.

Watkins Uiberall has been providing reputable accounting and business consulting services in the Mid-South since 1971. As one of the largest locally-owned certified public accounting firms in Memphis, the firm employs over 60 individuals, including 9 partners and 40 professionals. Through its affiliated companies, Plan Administration Consulting, LLC and Watkins Uiberall Healthcare Consulting Group, LLC, the firm goes beyond the traditional services of tax accounting and auditing by offering clients extended services such as retirement plan administration and healthcare-focused business advisory and consulting services. For more information on the firm, please visit www.wucpas.com.