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Bradley DeVries, CPA, CAE
Managing Principal
CPAs & Advisors
Brad DeVries is the Managing Principal of the Lansing office. He joined Yeo & Yeo in 2005. He is a member of the firm’s Assurance Service Line, the Nonprofit Services Group and the Real Estate Services Group.
Specializations
- Audit, consulting and tax services with an emphasis on nonprofit organizations and trade associations, insurance entities, and affordable housing and real estate entities
- In-depth expertise in nonprofit and association management
- HUD, MSHDA and Rural Development affordable housing audit services
- Low Income Housing Tax Credit compliance
- Historical Tax Credit compliance
- Internal control design and organizational controls
- Single audits
Professional Certifications and Education
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Certified Association Executive (CAE)
- Not-for-Profit Certificate 1 from the AICPA
- Western Michigan University, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Professional Membership
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants
- American Society of Association Executives
- Michigan Society of Association Executives
- Michigan Nonprofit Association
- Affordable Housing Association of Certified Public Accountants
- Midwest Affordable Housing Management Association
Publications/Seminars
- MSAE's Academy of Association Management - Finance and Budgeting Course, Facilitator
- MSAE’s Academy of Association Management – Finance and Budgeting Course Facilitator (2018, 2019, 2020)
- Presenter at Michigan Society of Association Executives Academy of Association Management(2018, 2019, 2020)
- In-house seminars on nonprofit and real estate auditing
- Presenter at the Michigan Society of Association Executives’ Operations Conference (January 2021)
- Presenter at Troy Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Conference (2014, 2015, 2016)
- Presenter at MICPA Annual Nonprofit Conference (2014, 2015, 2017)
- Possible Relief for New Lease Standard Implementation
- Nonprofit Quick Tip – Insurance Coverage
- Implementation of the Lease Accounting Standard Has Been Delayed
- Nonprofit Quick Tip: Lease Inventory Policy
- Nonprofit Quick Tip: Operating Reserves
- Compilation, Review or Audit – Which One is Best for Your Nonprofit?
- Nonprofit Quick Tip: Conflict of Interest Policy
- Nonprofit Quick Tip: Whistleblower Policy
- Policies and Procedures: A Roadmap to Success
- Best Practices for Effective Donor Acknowledgment Letters
- eBook: Lobbying and Political Expenditures: A Nonprofit Perspective, June 2019
- eBook: Essential Nonprofit Policies — Create Policies That Support Your Organization and Mission, January 2020
Articles:
Community Involvement
- Former treasurer of a condo association
- Leadership Lansing graduate
- Michigan Rural Development Council Board Member
- Local Community Volunteer