Geralyne Mahoney of Burr, Pilger & Mayer LLP presented a program at the firm’s San Francisco offices on the recent federal scrutiny of nonprofit organizations and the response from the nonprofit sector. The following links serve as an outline of the discussion:
- Learning from Sarbanes-Oxley – A Checklist for Nonprofits and Foundations
- Staff Discussion Draft – reflecting the Senate Finance Committee’s proposals for reforms and best practices in the area of tax-exempt organizations
- Panel on the Nonprofit Sector: Interim Report presented to the Senate Finance Committee
- Panel on the Nonprofit Sector: Work Group Recommendations to the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector Posted for Public Comment May 10, 2005
- House Ways and Means Committee Hearing Focuses on Tax-Exempt Sector (April 20, 2005)
- Finance Committee Democratic Staff – Summary of Joint Committee on Taxation Report on Options to Improve Tax Compliance and Reform Expenditures – January 27, 2005 (see Section VIII. Exempt Organizations, See Section IX. Tax-Exempt Bond Provisions)
The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector has scheduled a national conference call on Friday, June 24 from noon to 1:00 p.m. PST. The call is open to all staff, volunteers and board members of public charities, private foundations and corporate philanthropy programs. You may register online here: http://www.nonprofitpanel.org/ncc/junecall.
Stay tuned …