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A few days ago, in Nonprofit Benchmarking Survey: BDO Posts 2023 Results (November 13, 2023), we reported on the just-published results of the 7th ann…
Last year, we highlighted two intriguing governance stories that captured the attention of the philanthropy community. There were certain striking si…
Late in November 2023, participants from around the world convened in London for the conference marking the eighth annual Charity Fraud Awareness Week…
Early last summer, we reported in “The MacArthur $100-Million Grant Contest,” that the prestigious MacArthur Foundation had launched an audacious comp…
“Charity fraud has long been a serious problem, threatening the existence of even some of the most well-established organizations….” Despite stepped-u…
It’s been three long years since Congress ambushed the nonprofit sector in its headlong rush to get huge tax cuts approved by the end of December 2017…
Exempt organizations with 100 or more employees may want to comment on a recent proposal by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…
In “Charities and Embezzlement,” we relayed the direct and unequivocal advice from the California Attorney General for a charity that learns about pos…
Social enterprises are hot: They are springing up around the United States. California has been in the forefront of this exciting new movement of hybr…
In federal tax law, sometimes forgetting to dot an “i” or cross a “t” isn’t a fatal error. But, for the substantiation of charitable deductions, “almo…
What is the most “… striking example of why and how nonprofits can use vigilance and advocacy to reform…” government policies and practices affecting…
It’s no secret that it’s been a tough year for the Tax-Exempt and Government Entities Division of the IRS. Actually, it’s been a difficult few years f…
Back in January 2017, Jamie Serino, the Director of Marketing for Blackbaud’s Corporations & Foundations division, made predictions for the coming yea…
In September 2018, we reported the alarming news that some of the most popular postal-rate discounts long enjoyed by nonprofits may be on the chopping…
In order to meet a deadline in the California legislature for introducing new bills to be considered in the current session, lawmakers hurried to file…
“This legislation impacts every single person who clicks on that ‘donate now’ button and every single nonprofit that receives funding this way.” That’…
“Big problems require bold solutions.” That’s how, in the summer of 2016, the world-renowned MacArthur Foundation described its breathtaking new grant…
The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation has one. Charity Navigator, an educational organization, has one, too. The Robin Hood Foundation, New Y…
By the fall of 2017, GOP leaders of Congress were determined to pass a major tax overhaul before the end of the year. But much of the detail work had…
“There are many things that hold the nonprofit sector back, not the least of which is a lack of money,” wrote Neil Edgington back in 2015, adding: “Bu…
By the fall of 2017, GOP leaders of Congress were determined to pass a major tax overhaul before the end of the year. But much of the detail work had…
There are desperate, continuing, needs for International humanitarian assistance; the range and scope of causes and priorities is daunting – and growi…
“Making sure that you are paying the correct party is key.” That’s the deceptively simple – but urgent – advice to charitable entities, large and smal…
Nonprofit hospitals are a large and influential part of the charitable sector as well as the overall U.S. economy. Despite efforts, over many decades,…
Each year, the Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) Division of the Internal Revenue Service publishes a “Program Letter” for the fiscal year. T…
When Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced a bill on June 9, 2021, to “spur faster payouts from donor-advised funds and foun…
It’s crunch time for Congressional action. “Some of the most consequential decisions that every Congress must make are coming due in the next ten days…
It’s like we’re watching a master magician deftly keeping us laser-focused on what he’s doing with his right hand; that is, a lightning-speed, massive…
“Recent events at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) have rocked the philanthropic community and left many wondering why things went so t…
Members of Congress are taking their customary six-week summer break, leaving behind a mountain of unfinished business. Among these important matters…
It’s been just over a year since the launch of the ambitious Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving (IACG). See Important Charitable Giving Initia…
It’s been just over a year since the launch of the ambitious Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving (IACG). See Important Charitable Giving Initia…
As soon as early 2024, there could be a seismic shift in federally mandated worker compensation. See New Overtime Rules May Affect Nonprofits (October…
In Philanthropy Thought Leaders: “Seven Scary Things” (July 12, 2022), we mentioned some worrisome issues on the horizon for the nonprofit sector. Tha…
Last week, we wrote about the California Supreme Court strengthening the opportunities for whistleblowing nonprofit directors to sue fellow board memb…
Fundraising is the lifeblood of 501(c)(3) charities. Whether an organization has an in-house development department or hires consultants, government r…
In the United States, it’s no exaggeration to say that a new campaign season begins the morning after the polls have closed on the last one. For the n…
In Patient-Advocacy Nonprofits’ Dark Ties to Industry, we examined some practices in the nonprofit sector that need a huge dose of sunlight on them to…
After a break of just a few months, California legislators have now reconvened for the second half of the 2021-2022 Session of the Legislature. There…
Now that we’re in the last few months of an election season that is one of the most highly charged in recent memory, it’s important to review the appl…
Negative lawyer jokes have been around since (at least!) the time of Shakespeare. Remember this old chestnut? ”The first thing we do, let’s kill all…
Early last summer, we reported in “The MacArthur $100-Million Grant Contest,” on the launch by the highly regarded MacArthur Foundation of an exciting…
Many nonprofit organizations thrive year after year in the same location with the same mission, structure, activities, and operations. For others, tho…
For over two decades, GuideStar has led the way in the philanthropic community to gather and disseminate charity profiles – information about “every s…
Section 501(c)(3) organizations enjoy lots of perks; most notably, relief from the federal income tax obligation. They are also eligible for governmen…
It’s budget season again in California. Ordinarily, that would conjure up images of “officials and legislators perform[ing] the thankless task of divv…
If the annual California state budget process were a baseball game, we would be getting up to stretch in the middle of the 7th inning for a rousing “T…
With the goal of closing the gender gap in corporate governance, in 2018 former Governor Jerry Brown signed into law requirements that all publicly tr…
Early in 2015, the New York Times published a lengthy article about the proliferation of so-called “private museums.” The feature piece begins with a…
The cornerstones of the regulatory scheme for California benefit corporations are: (1) an annual self-evaluation based on an objective third-party sta…