Financial Accounting Foundation

• Establishing and improving financial accounting and reporting standards;
• Educating constituents about those standards;
• The oversight, administration, and finances of its standard-setting Boards, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, and their Advisory Councils;
• Selecting the members of the standard-setting Boards and Advisory Councils; and
• Protecting the independence and integrity of the standard-setting process.

• FASB
• GASB
• The Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council. This branch is composed of FASB constituents and consults with FASB on issues.
• The Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council. This branch is composed of GASB constituents and consults with GASB on issues.

• American Accounting Association
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• CFA Institute
• Financial Executives International
• Government Finance Officers Association
• Institute of Management Accountants
• National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers
• Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

• the Executive Committee
• the Development Committee
• the Appointments and Evaluations Committee
• the Finance and Compensation Committee
• the Audit Committee
• the Standard-Setting Process Oversight Advisory Committee
• the Corporate Governance Committee