Your 990, filed before you even start worrying.
Most nonprofits treat the 990 like a fire drill: reconstruct a year of transactions to answer a public tax form nobody thought about until two weeks before it's due. We keep your books ready all year, so when it's time to file, the form is basically already written.
Turn your 990 into published credibility.
Yes, there’s a fine with the IRS if you get a schedule wrong, but the doubt from the board and your donors is what actually cost you. We keep you ready long before the deadline, so compliance AND your credibility stay intact.
Form 990 Pain Point
"Every spring we reconstruct a year of transactions just to answer the form."
"We're not sure we're tracking restricted vs. unrestricted funds right, let alone reporting them."
"We're not even sure our accountant covers the 990, or if we need someone else for that."
"This document is public. Our board reads it. So do our funders. So does our biggest donor."
"We're always right on the edge of needing an extension."
The Hiline Solution
Books built for the 990 all year long, so there's nothing left to reconstruct in April
Fund accounting that already separates restricted from unrestricted, mapped straight to the form
One team handles the books and the 990, so nothing gets lost in a handoff or an "is that included?" conversation
•A board review package before anything reaches the IRS
Deadlines and extensions tracked and filed. Nothing sneaks up on you
Everything a 990 demands, handled as one system.
The right form, the right schedules
990, 990-EZ, or the full form with Schedules A, B, O, and more. Which one you file depends on your receipts, assets, and activity. We figure it out and file it right, so you're never guessing.
Books that are already 990-ready
Your 990 pulls straight from books we've kept accurate year-round, covering accrual accounting, fund accounting, and grant tracking mapped to program reporting. You won't need to scramble to figure out what reports to pull. The filing is simply a byproduct of ongoing bookkeeping.
Deadlines met, not chased
The deadline is the 15th day of the fifth month after your fiscal year ends, May 15 for most nonprofits, and it doesn't wait for you to be ready. We track it, file the extension if you need one, and keep per-day IRS penalties off your desk.
Board-ready before it's IRS-ready
Your board has to sign off before this goes anywhere near the IRS. When financial data takes weeks to pull together, board confidence drops by more than 60%. So we deliver the review package early, and leadership can sign off with confidence well before deadlines.
Stop dreading the form donors read.
Federal, state, and strategy, running as one system.
Form 990 &
990-EZ preparation
We handle Schedule A (public charity status), Schedule B (contributions), Schedule O (supplemental narrative), program service accomplishments, and governance questions for you. You also get a board review package before anything's filed, plus we build in the extension if you need it.
Automatic state charitable registration
We renew your registration every year in every state you solicit, and register you the moment you expand into a new one. We handle the AG filings and financial statement attachments, so you're never stuck figuring out who on your team is supposed to sign it.
Tax advisory you can actually understand
Hiline reviews UBIT exposure, entity structure, and state nexus and solicitation compliance proactively, before a notice ever shows up. It's an ongoing strategy conversation that continues all year.
A single tax leader, not a seasonal preparer
A client success lead, a dedicated accountant, and a tax leader are real people with deep nonprofit specialty who already know your fund accounting, your grants, and your board before they ever open your file in February. Real people, not a ticket queue.
