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Brendan Toolin is a Partner at Grassi with extensive experience with Single Audits under the Uniform Guidance and the Massachusetts Uniform Financial Report (UFR). He plans and conducts audits and reviews for nonprofit organizations and prepares their information and tax returns, helping clients improve their financial reporting and transparency.

Brendan’s nonprofit experience includes working with organizations such as community action agencies, social service providers, professional membership organizations and their related foundations, land and conservation trusts and many other charitable organizations.

Brendan also plans and conducts audits and reviews of small businesses and prepares tax returns for their owners and shareholders. During his career, he has worked with small businesses across industries such as advertising, insurance, retail, technology, real estate development and government contracting. Within Grassi’s Chelmsford office, Brendan is also responsible for training and developing the firm’s professional staff.

Before joining Grassi, Brendan worked at a Top 30 accounting firm in Massachusetts (Anstiss & Co., P.C.) for over 20 years. His diverse experience allows him to see a client’s complete financial picture and assist them effectively and efficiently with all aspects of their financial needs.

Brendan previously served as Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee for a local nonprofit arts organization for four years. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the New England Society of CPAs (NECPAs). He also participates in NECPAs’ Nonprofit Accounting and Auditing Community.

Brendan is a licensed CPA and received his Bachelor of Arts in economics-accounting from the College of the Holy Cross.