The American Bar Association Tax Section’s Exempt Organizations Committee held an Exempt Organizations Symposium virtually on September 8, 2022. We’ll publish some highlights in multiple posts starting with this one. Subcommittees on Political and Lobbying Activities of Exempt Organizations and Religious Organizations Family Research Council (FRC) obtained recognition of church status by the IRS. Churches […]
Author: Gene Takagi
Nonprofits: The Impact of Law on Trust
I had the pleasure of guest lecturing for Professor Louise Carroll’s class in the nonprofit administration program at USF earlier this week. While the focus of my talk was on nonprofit law, I first examined the subject of trust in nonprofit organizations. In May 2022, Independent Sector published an article, Trust in Civil Society, in […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 9/3/22
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “Human-driven climate change has set in motion massive ice losses in Greenland that couldn’t be halted even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, according to a new study published Monday.” […]
Nonprofits: Engaging Millennials and Gen Z
Nonprofit leadership is old. Literally. In age and in thinking. And the world is changing faster than these leaders can respond or get ahead of in part because they lack diverse perspectives and aren’t prioritizing the engagement of younger generations. When I suggested the engagement of younger persons (my reference for Millennials and Gen Z) […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 8/26/22
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “President Biden announced on Wednesday that he would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those earning less than $125,000 per year, with an additional $10,000 for those who had […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 8/19/22
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. It is no exaggeration to say that his signature immediately severed the history of climate change in America […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 8/12/22
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “The Senate on Sunday approved a sweeping package to combat climate change, lower health-care costs, raise taxes on some billion-dollar corporations and reduce the federal deficit, as Democrats overcame months […]
Additional Skepticism of Form 1023-EZ
Figure 4: Taxonomy of 501(c)(3) Organizations Approved in FY 2021 A startup nonprofit wishing to apply for IRS recognition of tax-exemption under 501(c)(3) must file either Form 1023 or Form 1023-EZ. The Form 1023-EZ is only available to organizations that meet certain eligibililty requirements, including projection of gross revenues of no greater than $50,000 in […]
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 8/5/22
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrived in Taiwan late Tuesday, defying Chinese warnings against visiting the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its territory and setting the stage for a […]
NPQ Webinar: Boards as Social Movement Spaces
On July 28, 2022, the Nonprofit Quarterly presented an intriguing and highly insightful webinar, Changing the Subject: Boards As Social Movement Spaces. It featured Dr. Carmen Rojas, President and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, Makiyah Moody, Founder and President of Kairos & Heart LLC, and Jenifer Gager Holland, Founder of JLG Consulting. Below is […]