By NEO Law Group
Despite many people’s belief that grantmaking is restricted to entities known as foundations, public charities can and many do engage in grantmaking. This post focuses on grantmaking by public charities and generally does not address the more restrictive rules applicable to private foundations. Terminology Part of the confusion lies...
Terrorism, in many forms, has tragically continued to plague our global society, and we are tremendously saddened by the horrific events in Sri Lanka this past weekend. Nonprofits, including religious institutions, are often among those victimized and those that take leadership in recovery. But in extremely rare circumstances, nonprofits...
NEO Principal Erin Bradrick and Carrie Garber Siegrist of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Washington, D.C. are presenting a webcast for American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education on Maximizing Nonprofit Impact: Key Considerations in 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) Affiliations on Tuesday, March 26, at 9:30 – 11:00 am PT / 12:30...
The Internal Revenue Service recently released the 2018 Form 990 (Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax) and the Instructions for Form 990. Form 990 is an annual information return required to be filed with the IRS by most organizations exempt from income tax under Section 501(a) of the...
Originally published in part on LinkedIn My prediction for 2019 is very broad and perhaps obvious: an increase in conflicts. Certainly among political parties, political candidates, and political ideologies. But also within the nonprofit sector, which is composed of organizations that represent and/or support political actors and ideologies across...
On December 10, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued interim guidance on the treatment of qualified transportation fringe benefit expenses under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). According to the IRS press release: The new rules assist taxpayers in determining the amount of parking expenses that are no...
The 2018 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO) is currently taking place in Los Angeles. Here are some selected running highlights. Washington Updates IRS 2018-2019 Priority Guidance Plan – Implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Items 21, 34, 39, 40, 58); Exempt Organizations (pp. 16-17); General Tax Issues (Item...
We seem to be hearing more and more about cryptocurrency. Is it the money of the future? Is it a passing trend? And what do nonprofits need to know about cryptocurrency, the underlying blockchain technology, and the existing regulation? What is Cryptocurrency? There are four critical definitions required for...
The Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO), my #1 go-to conference every year for the past 13 years, will be held at the Omni Hotel in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 6, and Friday, December 7. We’re proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the WCTEO. You can register here. WCTEO...
On October 3, 2018, the IRS Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) division issued their Fiscal 2019 Program Letter (updated link here). Note in particular the emphasis on data-driven approaches and the focus on private foundation self-dealing, nonprofits that had converted from for-profits, and proper worker (employee vs. contractor) classification. Here...