The joint Department of Treasury/IRS priority guidance plan for 2009-2010 (10/1/09 – 9/30/10) includes the following items of interest to tax-exempt organizations: Revenue procedure to provide terms for hosts of CyberAssistant software (used to generate Form 1023 exemption applications for a reduced user fee). Final regulations on the new requirements for Type III supporting organizations. […]
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Tweets of the Week – 1/1/10
Here are some of my favorite tweets of the past week: GTak: Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance http://is.gd/5FNX5 (Harvard Business School, 9/18/00) GTak: Charity Governance Blog's Nonprofit Scandal of the Year – http://is.gd/5FNHS and NY Times Editorial – http://is.gd/5FNNm GTak: Jeffrey Sachs: Our Millennium Challenges: environmental degradation, population change, extreme poverty, global problem solving pndblog 2009: […]
Quotes From Seinfeld and Nonprofit Governance
“Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I’m sorry, I’m gonna have to plead ignorance on this one, because if I had known that sort of thing was frowned upon …” – George (after having sex with the cleaning woman on his desk at work). Negligence is no defense for shoddy governance. Be educated […]
Are Charity Boards Ready for Tough Times Ahead?
The headline of the November 12, 2009 edition of The Chronicle of Philanthropy ("The Chronicle") asks "Are Charities Ready for Tough Times Ahead?" The article answers the question as follows: While opinions are mixed, many philanthropy experts say the short answer is no; charities and foundations are too complacent in the face of the economic […]