Nonprofits must be a key part of any national relief and recovery effort from the immense impacts of COVID-19. The following is the text of a letter to our Congressional leaders from the leaders of 38 national nonprofit organizations dated September 24, 2020: Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader...
ADVOCACY & LOBBYING
13 lists of ways to learn and show up as antiracist* in this world
Thanks to Jen Bokoff for permitting us to republish this post originally published on the Jeneralist blog. 13 lists of ways to learn and show up as antiracist* in this world *Let’s start with the term “antiracist,” since I know this term alone causes many to go on the...
Nonprofit Advocacy: #SavedDotOrg
The planned sale of the DotOrg (.ORG) domain registry from a charitable nonprofit to a private equity firm was rejected on April 30, 2020 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This marks a huge victory for the nonprofit sector and millions of nonprofits and nongovernmental...
Nonprofit Radio: Getting Political
I’ll be on on Nonprofit Radio this Friday, December 20, at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET talking with host Tony Martignetti about charities getting political. You can listen live on Talking Alternative. The archived podcast will be available a few days after the show airs. We’re fast coming into a pivotal election year...
Disclosures of Donors: Recent Developments
2018 has seen several developments regarding the required disclosures of donors by nonprofits. Disclosures of Donors – Charitable Organizations On September 11, 2018, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the right of the California Attorney General (AG) to require from reporting...
Treasury Eliminates Donor Information Disclosures by 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(6) Organizations
The Treasury Department announced a change in the regulations making it no longer necessary for 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(6) organizations to disclose the identities of their donors on their annual information returns to the IRS. More specifically, tax-exempt organizations described by section 501(c), other than section 501(c)(3) organizations, are no...
Affiliated Organizations: Sharing Resources
In a previous post (“Affiliated Organizations: Sharing Employees“), we examined how an affiliated 501(c)(3) organization and 501(c)(4) social welfare organization (or 501(c)(6) business league) can “share” employees. Such affiliations provide an ability to coordinate activities and share resources to more effectively and efficiently further a common goal. But, as...
Affiliated Organizations: Sharing Employees
It is becoming increasingly common to see 501(c)(3) organizations affiliated with 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations or 501(c)(6) business leagues. Such affiliations provide an ability to coordinate activities and share resources to further a common goal. But the affiliated organizations must maintain appropriate separation to mitigate against the risks of...
3 Observations About the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 was enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Trump on March 23, 2018. The Act authorizes funding for the federal government for FY 2018 ending on September 30, 2018. For nonprofits, three aspects of the Act may be of particular general interest:...
A prediction for nonprofits in 2018: Rise of the 501(c)(4) organizations
Originally published on LinkedIn. We’ll see an increase in the number of 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations being formed and receiving contributions. While contributions to 501(c)(4) organizations are not deductible as charitable contributions, this won’t matter to many donors for two major reasons: With the increase in the standard deduction,...