Tax-exempt organizations that fail to satisfy annual filing requirements for three consecutive years automatically lose their tax-exempt status. The IRS is providing one-time relief that will allow small exempt organizations to come back into compliance and retain their tax-exempt status even though they failed to file for three consecutive...
Emerging Leaders Program: Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership
The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) of the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership "addresses the core competencies needed to effectively manage organizations and complex programs as well as the leadership skills one needs to be successful within our quickly changing sector." Last week, Emily Chan and I spoke to...
Tweets of the Week – September 17, 2010
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: GTak: How much to pay the executive director? http://www.blueavocado.org/node/563 #nonprofit kenscommentary: A Balanced View – How much is too much? Assessing nonprofit executive pay. http://bit.ly/8Ybhm9 philosopher20: Leslie:...
White House Gulf Coast Philanthropic Briefing – September 13, 2010
Yesterday afternoon, I attended the first ever White House Gulf Coast Philanthropic Briefing hosted by the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (the "Initiative") in partnership with Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy ("AAPIP") and the Corporation for National and Community Service ("CNCS"). The briefing was more of...
Tweets of the Week – September 10, 2010
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: p2173: Oh this is good – I hit a nerve about transparency and risk – will be back there to respond to great comments coming in http://bit.ly/bzLmUT...
7th Annual Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp, 2010
This year, I had the pleasure of attending the Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp event at the UC Berkeley campus for the second year in a row. This year’s Boot Camp had over 70 presenters and was the first year with a shift beyond the nonprofit sector. Below are my...
Tweets of the Week – September 3, 2010
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: npquarterly: Two boards and an ED in handcuffs? What went wrong at this Minnesota-based nonprofit? http://bit.ly/boXQ5q npmaven: Nonprofit boards as dead-or tired-fish. Hmmmm… http://is.gd/eTpwc DonKramer: I have...
Public Support Tests – Public Charities: An Update
Satisfaction of one of the public support tests under Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is one way that an organization can qualify as a public charity rather than a private foundation. There are two types of public support tests under Section 509(a)(1) for organizations seeking public charity...
Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations and More: Presentation to NAMI-CA
On Thursday, August 26, I had the great pleasure of presenting a program on nonprofit legal issues as part of the Affiliate Leadership Institute of the National Alliance on Mental Illness – California. I covered the following areas: Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations Starting a Nonprofit Corporation Pros and Cons of...
CompassPoint Nonprofit Day 2010
Below are my some of my highlights from CompassPoint's Nonprofit Day 2010: Sharing Our Stories, Creating Our Future on Tuesday, August 31. Keynote (Peter Bratt): Miho Kim of Data Center - http://bit.ly/cbtnpA Keynote starts with prayer & clips from La Mission & Follow Me Home – powerful, life transforming stories jdeancoffey:...