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    2026 GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT SECTION MIDYEAR MEETING WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!


    Photo courtesy of The University of New Hampshire

    The 2026 Government and Nonprofit (GNP) Section Midyear Meeting was successfully held on March 20-21, 2026, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH.

    We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to all participants, presenters, and organizers whose contributions played an integral role in making this event such a meaningful and successful experience. Your engagement, insights, and collaboration were invaluable to the overall success of the meeting.

     

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    Message from Linda Ragland,
    University of New Hampshire
    2026-2027 AAA GNP Section President

    Dear GNP Section Members,

    As a representative of the GNP’s Executive Committee (EC), we hope that the end of your 2025 - 2026 academic year is wrapping up nicely. It is hard to believe that we are in the middle of spring with the AAA Global (Annual) Meeting just around the corner in August.

    In reflection of this past year – first and foremost, we thank our GNP section members for the wonderful year of engagement. We worked hard, we learned from one another, we had “light bulb” moments, and we had “that does not appear to work” moments. Most of all, we enjoyed our community time together!

    The themes of our 2025 - 2026 endeavors were simple: “grassroots” and “accounting for good.” We tied these tunes to our overarching mission “fostering an environment that promotes the development of teaching, research, and service for the government and nonprofit community.”

    Over the course of the year, our road map focused on three initiatives: (i) growing our section’s reach by using social media, (ii) strengthening our pipeline by introducing a doctoral and new scholars consortium at our Midyear Meeting (MYM) and by continuing to host virtual brown bag research sessions. We also worked on (iii) collaborative efforts with other AAA sections, e.g., the Public Interest, Ethics, and Sustainability (PIES) section of AAA to spark natural synergies and research ideas.

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    Journal of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting

    A journal of the Government and Nonprofit Section of the American Accounting Association


    Journal of Governmental & Nonprofit Accounting's purpose is to stimulate and report premier-quality research on a wide range of governmental and nonprofit accounting issues. The journal is interdisciplinary in scope and welcomes a broad array of research traditions and approaches. JOGNA is online-only and publishes annually.

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    Thomas E. Vermeer
    Journal of Governmental & Nonprofit Accounting
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Collat School of Business, Birmingham, AL, USA
    P: 205.934.2477
    E: tvermeer@uab.edu 

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    Award Recipients 

    Annual Meeting Best Paper Award

    Jiapeng He, The Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shatin and Ningzhong Li, University of Texas at Dallas
    “The Role of Federal Agency Accounting Quality in Federal Budget Allocation”

    Midyear Meeting Best Paper Award

    Taylor James, University of Southern California
    "Doing Good on the Down Low: Corporate Philanthropy and Public Disclosure Decisions"

    Enduring Lifetime Contribution Award

    Linda Parsons, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

    Meritorious Service Award

    Tammy Waymire, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

    Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award

    2025 - not presented

    Outstanding Dissertation Award

    Taylor James, University of Southern California
    "Doing Good on the Down Low: Corporate Philanthropy and Public Disclosure Decisions"

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    • Annual Meeting Best Paper Award
    • Midyear Meeting Best Paper Award
    • Enduring Lifetime Contribution Award
    • Meritorious Service Award
    • Notable Contributions to the Accounting Literature Award
    • Outstanding Dissertation Award
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    National Organizations that Impact GNP Accounting

    • Association of Government Accountants (AGA): https://www.agacgfm.org
    • Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB): https://www.fasb.org
    • Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB): https://www.gasb.org
    • Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA): http://www.gfoa.org/

    GASB Update Presentation from Joel Black, GASB Chair at the 2023 AAA Annual Meeting

    The GNP Section held a luncheon on August 7, 2023, during the AAA Annual Meeting. Joel Black, GASB Chair, presented at the luncheon and provided a GASB update and offered opportunities for collaborations between the Section and GASB. GASB is gracious in providing the PowerPoint slides from Joel Black's luncheon presentation. 

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    Government and Nonprofit Section Doctoral Dissertation Grants

    The GNP Section sponsors a competitive dissertation grant program to help defray certain costs (up to $1,500) for individuals conducting dissertation research on governmental and nonprofit topics. 

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    Government and Nonprofit Section Midyear Meeting Travel Grants

    The GNP Section sponsors $1000 travel grants for the midyear GNP section meeting. The grants are intended to assist doctoral students interested in GNP research by defraying a portion of the costs of attending these meetings. 

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2026 GNP Section Midyear Meeting

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