Sean McCabe

The Top Five Firm welcomed 14 inaugural organizations from a wide range of industries to "actively enhance diversity, equity and inclusion within their organizations."

A new report from the IMA and CalCPA also found that 43 to 55 percent of female, nonwhite, and LGBTQIA respondents polled have left a U.S. accounting company due to a perceived lack of equitable treatment.

Paul Knopp, KPMG U.S. Chair and CEO, posted an internal message on LinkedIn reiterating the firm's condemnation of "discrimination, harassment or racism" against Asian-Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Top 20 Firm will hold an annual summer program designed to recruit, develop and retain minority accounting students with a Diversity Leadership Summit and internship opportunities.

Avalara launches its "Standing with Black-Owned Businesses" promotion; and Anders CPAs and Advisors releases its 2020 Community Impact Report.

The National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts and its site, NARSSA.org, will look to aid professionals and firms who provide Social Security advisory services to its clients.

Fifty-one students across the state were awarded academic accounting scholarships this year, worth approximately $136,000.

The Top Five Firm's annual RSM Classic PGA Tour event, hosted by the Davis Love Foundation, has now donated more than $22.2 million to family-focused organizations since its inception 2010.

The state society is looking for student applications for more than 40 scholarships by April 1, 2021.

The Institute of Management Accountants recognized eight more colleges and universities around the world notable in their commitment to students earning the Certified Management Accountant credential.

The annual program provides up to $10,000 and an internship to 10 diverse accounting students pursuing the CPA license.

As Black History Month begins, a number of prominent accounting organizations — including the AICPA, Illinois CPA Society, and the National Association of Black Accountants — have joined together in announcing a new yearlong diversity program.

Anders CPAs + Advisors announces its charity of choice; Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz donates $50,000 to nonprofits in Pennsylvania and Maryland; and a Cohnreznick partner is named to the American Cancer Society board of directors.

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants found that environmental, social and governance trends are increasingly becoming part of accounting and finance professionals' job titles for 2021.

"Our Impact Plan" will merge all of KPMG's environmental, social and governance goals into one, unified initiative.

Deloitte and its Deloitte Foundation announced that a student team from the Missouri university topped eight other schools in presenting an analysis of a detailed tax case.

A panel of diversity experts in the accounting profession found there is still unequal representation at senior levels, ahead of a report co-written by the IMA and CalCPA.

Big Four firm EY's College MAP mentorship program also saw 400 high school students receive nearly $800,000 in scholarships for 2020.

Dixon Hughes Goodman's Wesley McLeod, a partner at the Top 20 Firm's insurance practice, will head the Insurance Accounting & Systems Association's new committee devoted to diversity in the insurance sector.

The Association for Accounting Marketing is seeking nominations for its Marketing Achievement Awards and Marketer of the Year award.