For the third consecutive year, I attended the CAN Annual Conference and was again rewarded with excellent presentations, workshops and networking opportunities. I was particularly impressed with the workshop "The Accountability Challenge: What’s Right for Your Organization?" led by CAN Executive Director Flo Green, and the two lunchtime plenaries: ...
Marin Nonprofit Conference – November 1, 2005
The Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership of Marin held the Fourth Marin Nonprofit Conference at the Marin Center on November 1, 2005. About 400 persons attended the Conference, which featured a keynote address by Dr. Michael Lerner, President and Founder of Commonweal, a health and environmental research institute...
Form 1023 (Rev. 10-2004)
On October 26, 2005, I "attended" a teleconference entitled "Dealing With the New IRS Form 1023" sponsored by the Taxation Section of the American Bar Association and The ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education. The presenters, including Eve R. Borenstein and Kristin M. Gurdin, provided tips and identified traps...
Integrating Arts Philanthropy as Corporate Strategy – October 27, 2005
Today, I attended a program presented by Business Arts Council and Charles Schwab entitled "Integrating Arts Philanthropy as Corporate Strategy: The Correlation Between Profit & Mission." Gary P. Steuer, Executive Director of Artis & Business Council of Americans for the Arts, served as moderator for a panel that included...
Sen. Grassley’s Remarks at the Independent Sector Conference – 2005
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following remarks at the 25th Annual Independent Sector Conference on October 24, 2005: – “I see the need for greater responsibility of donors and charities to safeguard the public trust.” – “I’m pleased with much of the work from the...
Lorman Seminar on “Tax-Exempt Organizations” – October 18, 2005
Yesterday, I attended an excellent full-day seminar entitled "Tax-Exempt Organizations" presented by several attorneys from San Francisco-based Silk, Adler & Colvin, one of the nation’s largest and most well-regarded firms practicing exclusively in this area of the law. The outline of the seminar is as follows: I. Overview II. ...
CARE Act Unlikely to Be Considered This Year
Click here for the article in the October 15, 2005 issue of The NonProfit Times.
“Life Cycle of a Private Foundation” Launched by the IRS – October 17, 2005
The Internal Revenue Service today launched a new section in their website, "Life Cycle of a Private Foundation," to accompany its previously launched section, "Life Cycle of a Public Charity." Click here for a link to the new section.
Charitable Trust Doctrine
The charitable trust doctrine requires that a gift accepted by a charitable organization must only be used for the expressly declared charitable purposes of the donee corporation at the time of the acceptance, even if the corporation changes its purpose, transfers those assets or dissolves. Such restriction is imposed...
New Report on Nonprofit Governance and Accountability – The John Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
The John Hopkins Nonprofit Listening Post Project released the report "Nonprofit Governance and Accountability," by Lester M Salamon and Stephanie L. Geller, on October 11, 2005. According to the report, key findings of the Project’s survey of a nationwide sample of nonprofit organizations in five key fields (children and...