This year's Council on Foundations (CoF) Annual Conference was held in Philadelphia. I was in town for the annual board and membership meetings of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) but am again blogging about the Conference as a virtual attendee through the blogs and tweets of others. Saturday,...
Informal Giving Circles
Giving circles are a form of community philanthropy in which groups of individuals get together, coordinate their charitable giving, and typically have a lot of fun doing so. This may be done informally as described below or more formally in the form of a nonprofit grantmaking organization or as...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – April 8, 2011
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: GTak: The Nonprofit Scandal of the Year: The Fiesta Bowl – on Charity Governance Blog – http://bit.ly/gmf2dj LawForChange: This amazing interactive graphic charts growth & change in...
Disaster Relief (2011 Update)
The IRS posted new information on Disaster Relief: Meaning of "Charitable Class" on January 31, 2011. It provides further information about the requirement that a 501(c)(3) organization's operations benefit a charitable class: What is meant by charitable class? A charitable class is a group of individuals that may properly...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – April 1, 2011
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: Philanthropy: Lawmakers Ask IRS to Investigate AARP: Three Republican members of Congress have raised concerns about whether t… http://bit.ly/fay0YN nprnews: Key Republicans Seek IRS Investigation Of AARP...
Form 990 Policies – Is it better to check “yes” or “no”?
The questions regarding certain governance policies referenced by the revised Form 990 have caused quite a stir since the revised Form 990 was released. Scattered throughout the Form 990 (2010) are governance questions which may be influenced by the presence or lack of policies, such as: Conflict of Interest...
5 Social Media Myths
Last year, a study conducted by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research (“US Charities’ Adoption of Social Media Study,” August 2010) reported that the largest nonprofits are outpacing for-profit companies and academia when it comes to social media use. Among its findings (based on the 200...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – March 25, 2011
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: Philanthropy: Opinion: NPR Debacle Raises Questions for All Nonprofits http://ow.ly/4hf8m npadvocacy: Charities wonder who's next after secret-video episode: http://bit.ly/hFT6bE nedgington: Annual state of the nonprofit sector results...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – March 18, 2011
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: Give2Asia: UPDATE: Give2Asia’s Partners, Funds, & Approach to the Japan Disaster – Give2Asia bit.ly/epeAMZ GTak: Protecting Donor Anonymity: Understanding the NPR Scandal http://bit.ly/eAtJNQ [always happy to contribute...
2010 Form 990
The 2010 Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Schedules are now available on the IRS website here. A chart summarizing the significant changes on the 2010 Form 990 is available here.