The official end of summer and a busy fall conference season ahead for many. Today, Erin and I are attending the American Bar Association Exempt Organizations Committee Meeting with many of our colleagues from throughout the country. Have a listen to Jon McLaughlin's Summer Is Over while you...
Hearing on the IRS Exempt Organizations Division Post-TIGTA Audit
The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on September 18 to review the audit of the Internal Revenue Service Exempt Organizations Division and question the acting chief of the IRS Danny Werfel. Here are some links and excerpts of articles covering the hearing: Rep. (R-LA)...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – September 13, 2013
This week was notable for the 12th anniversary of 9/11 and increasing uncertainty about how to address Syria. Listen to Alan Jackson's Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) while you peruse this week's tweets: AAPIP: How philanthropy responds post September 11: The Impact of a Funder Collaborative...
Nonprofit Overhead: Good and Bad
Last Friday, Gene was on Nonprofit Radio discussing examples of good and bad overhead following host Tony Martignetti’s interview with the three signatories to The Overhead Myth letter. The growing rejection of the myth that overhead is a good way to measure a charitable organization’s value is a promising...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – September 6, 2013
On Friday, September 6, at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET, listen to the three co-signers of the Overhead Myth letter – Art Taylor, President and CEO of BBB Wise Giving Alliance; Jacob Harold, President and CEO of Guidestar; and Ken Berger, President and CEO of...
Starting a Nonprofit: The Value of Making the 501(h) Lobbying Election
Lobbying is one of the most underutilized tools available to a charity to advance its mission. Making the very simple 501(h) election is a painless way for most charities to increase their lobbying activities for stronger environmental protections, education reforms, access to health care, and a variety of other...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – August 30, 2013
Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s seminal "I Have a Dream" speech. Monday was Women's Equality Day. Have a listen to Common's "A Dream" while perusing this week's tweets: Rebuild the Dream: A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther...
Nonprofit Law on Facebook
We started posting daily to our Facebook Nonprofit Law page in March 2013 and just reached 2,000 likes. Check out our mix of articles and posts of relevance to nonprofits here. From the last seven days: 8/27 - Sector-Switching: Two Groups Make the Change From For-profit to Nonprofit...
Unrelated Business Income and the Commerciality Doctrine
As is clearly determined (and as we’ve discussed several times on the Nonprofit Law Blog), in order to establish and maintain tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3), an organization must be primarily operated for an exempt purpose. What is less clearly determined, however, is when a 501(c)(3)’s tax exempt status...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – August 23, 2013
Just returning from a great trip to beautiful Vancouver. Have a listen to I Will Remember You by Vancouver's Sarah McLachlan (who founded the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, a nonprofit that provides music eduction to underserved and at-risk youth) while perusing this week's tweets: Huffington Post: Here's...
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