National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives (NSAC)

Education: conference, seminars/webinars, committee meetings - provide education and networking opportunities to all who attend - members and non members interested in cooperative accounting and tax issues. Promotion and discussion of accounting standards, changes to and application of tax law, and related best practices for the cooperative industry are included in these meetings. Programs include co-hosting the tax finance and accounting conference for Cooperatives and hosting online cooperative learning network seminars/webinars (cln). Starting in the fall of 2o17 cln registration fees are included in annual membership dues. An estimated total of 8oo unique members participated in these offerings during the year. The association has six major and active National committees, comprised of approximately 10o volunteers.

Connections: creation and implementation of the Nsac connect online community platform, which allows members (=1,500 ) to network on a National, chapter and committee level. The Society also uses this platform to communicate with the members and to encourage members to exchange information pertaintng to Cooperatives.

Resources: publications of cooperative learning materials - provided to all members and limited items are available to non members for a fee. Exclusive content and interaction is available on the website for members only. These programs include publishing and distributing a quarterly trade journal "the cooperative accountant- and updating the online member-only content regarding publications and research database library specific to accounting and tax issues of Cooperatives. During the year, the total average membership count of members with access to these services was approximately 1500.

Scholarship of 1,000 paid directly to schools for benefit of recipients