How Often Do Massachusetts Nonprofits Change Auditors?
Between audit years 2024 and 2025, 27 of 528 Massachusetts nonprofits with comparable single audits (5.1%) had a primary auditor that differs from the prior observed year, based on Federal Audit Clearinghouse filings as of 2026-10-30.
Data as of Oct 30, 2026 · Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse (public data)
How often does the observed auditor change in Massachusetts?
| Year pair | Organizations compared | Auditor changed | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 → 2017 | 571 | 27 | 27 of 571 (4.7%) |
| 2017 → 2018 | 566 | 32 | 32 of 566 (5.7%) |
| 2018 → 2019 | 557 | 26 | 26 of 557 (4.7%) |
| 2019 → 2020 | 575 | 36 | 36 of 575 (6.3%) |
| 2020 → 2021 | 555 | 34 | 34 of 555 (6.1%) |
| 2021 → 2022 | 594 | 38 | 38 of 594 (6.4%) |
| 2022 → 2023 | 604 | 22 | 22 of 604 (3.6%) |
| 2023 → 2024 | 608 | 35 | 35 of 608 (5.8%) |
| 2024 → 2025 | 528 | 27 | 27 of 528 (5.1%) |
Does the rate differ by organization size?
| Band | Compared | Changed | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10M–$50M | 76 | 2 | 2 of 76 (2.6%) |
| $1M–$3M | 202 | 12 | 12 of 202 (5.9%) |
| $3M–$10M | 198 | 12 | 12 of 198 (6.1%) |
| $50M+ | 24 | 1 | 1 of 24 (4.2%) |
| Under $1M | 28 | 0 | 0 of 28 (0.0%) |
How we computed this
A change is counted when the auditor named on a nonprofit's Federal Audit Clearinghouse single audit for one year is a different firm from the one named on its report for the prior year. A renamed or re-spelled firm is the same firm; a firm that appears to have combined into another is not counted as a change; pairs we cannot judge are left out of both numbers. Only organizations with a report in both years of a pair are compared, so the denominator is the number compared, not the number filed. It describes what the reports show, not a contract.
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