What Do Nonprofits Owe to the Future?

The question of a nonprofit’s future needs and impact raises a couple of related concepts: intergenerational equity and longtermism. Of course, all planning involves thinking about the future – whether it be in designing programs, fundraising, marketing, budgeting, investing, advocating, collaborating, or engaging in myriad things that are necessary for managing and governing a nonprofit. […]

Grantmakers Conference Supplement: Q&A

Conferences of grantmaker organizations focus on many critically important topics. But I have noticed that nonprofit and exempt organizations law tends to be an underappreciated area of coverage, even when it might inform several areas of focus. And for those willing to make the investment in learning and managing nuances and complexities, a better understanding […]

More from the GEO 2024 National Conference

I had the pleasure of attending the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) 2024 National Conference last week and wrote about some highlights from Day One here. Below are some highlights from the rest of the Conference. Highlights from the Conference Asset Framing: Why Your Peers Are Still Achieving Historic Wins for Equity Trabian Shorters delivered the enlightening […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 3/10/24

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Running the Advocacy Race: Bolder Advocacy’s Top Resources for an Impactful 2024 Election Season (Natalie Roetzel Ossenfort, Alliance for Justice) The California Endowment Will Plow Its Entire $4 […]

WCTEO 2024 Highlights

The following are just some of the many highlights from the 2024 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO). Because of a change in the timing of the WCTEO from late fall to late winter, there was no conference in 2023, but that gave us a few more months of developments and events to discuss. The Latest […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 2/25/24

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Day of Remembrance (Fred T. Korematsu Institute) [Ed. Statement from President Biden: “On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to […]

Nonprofits and Energy Tax Credits

On June 14, 2023, the IRS issued proposed regulations under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) providing for nonprofit tax-exempt organizations to benefit from certain clean energy credits that would allow them to elect direct payment from the IRS in lieu of a tax credit. Before IRA, tax credits were generally not useful to […]

Nonprofit Radio: OpenAI and Nonprofit-Money Collaborations

I recently spoke with Tony Martignetti, host of Nonprofit Radio, about the OpenAI nonprofit-for-profit joint venture drama making headlines and some lessons to be learned about nonprofit collaborations heavily influenced by money. You can join the 13,000 weekly listeners and catch the Nonprofit Radio podcast here. As general background, you may find the following websites and […]

An OpenAI-Inspired Nonprofit Law Story – Part Two

This post continues the story from Part One and is inspired by some of the drama involving OpenAI. In Part One, the board of a nonprofit that also served as the manager of a joint venture (JV) with several investors was dealing with a dilemma. On one hand they wanted to pursue their original and […]

Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 11/26/23

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Four Ways to Be Grateful—And Happier (Arthur C. Brooks, Atlantic) 3 reasons to support Indigenous communities with impact investing (Mindy Frye, Candid) Asymmetric Expectation of Gratitude: What it […]