[GNC] Questions on how best to setup a non-profit account in gnucash

[Larry Wagner]

I would like some comments about how one would set up gnucash for a 
non-profit.

Here are some of the specifics:

We hold 3 different types (categories) of dances:

1) F&F dances - those sponsored by our club (~15 dances per year)
2) DF dances - those we share sponsorship with another club (~5 dances 
per year)
3) JBO dances - those sponsored jointly with yet another club (~2 dances 
per year)

General expenses for the dances are:
i) venue costs
ii) Square Dance caller costs
iii) Round Dance cuer costs
iv) advertisement costs
v) miscellaneous expenses (decorations, etc)

Dance income
i) Door donations
ii) 50/50 ticket proceeds

How should the accounts (and reports) be setup to provide the following:

a) breakout and total expenses for each of the 5 expense categories 
listed above
b) breakout and total income for each of the 2 income categories listed 
above
c) a breakout of the income and expenses for each individual dance, 
regardless of the dance category
d) a breakout of the income and expenses for each dance category
e) a breakout of the income and expenses for all dance categories combined

I don't have a background in accounting so some of the terms are not 
familiar, but I think I can better communicate what I am thinking by 
considering the following:

a) Jobs (tasks) - All individual dances, which need to fall under one of 
the three dance categories listed above
b) Vendors - All callers and cuers
c)  Customers are the dance categories to which each dance is assigned

I see the Jobs (individual dances) being comparable to the default 
Checking Account, where it would show a profit or loss from the income 
and expenses assigned to them.

I see the individual vendors (callers and cuers) being Expense 
Sub-Accounts, along with the venue, advertisement, etc. expenses.

But, I don't see how to setup the customer accounts.  Should they be 
similar to the default Checking Account and the individual dances be 
sub-accounts of the assigned customer accounts? Can that approach be 
done? Or, can the individual dances be assigned to their categories 
through configuration of the gnucash reports?

I hope I have provided enough info here that someone can help me setup 
the core accounts needed to do what we want with gnucash.

Thanks,

Larry Wagner