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Summer’s coming, and what’s hot is more than just the weather. Last year, the subject of unpaid internships boiled over in news stories of beleaguered…
This turbulent year produced its fair share of interesting legal news and developments relevant to the nonprofit sector. In a few notable instances, t…
The new overtime rules that were set to go into effect on December 1, 2016, are a very big deal for all employers, including most nonprofits. As event…
The standard model of nonprofit corporate philanthropy is a nonprofit organization or trust created to last … well … forever. “There was a time,” wrot…
A year ago, in November 2016, we issued a warning in Nonprofits and Cybersecurity: Make it a Priority: “Hacking is big news these days. There is a fal…
In Nonprofits: Happy New (Tax Plan) Year! , we caught up to date with a general overview of the whirlwind tax law changes proposed, adopted, and made…
Last May, in Patient Advocacy Nonprofits’ Dark Ties to Industry, we highlighted the unfolding concerns by regulators about the unsavory ties between c…
Over the past year or so, there’s been significant attention and discussion about the multi-billion-dollar endowments enjoyed by some of the nation’s…
Donor-advised funds have become the charitable giving model of choice in recent years for well-to-do families and individuals. It is a lower-hassle, l…
“No one has ever asked me that,” the executive director of Minneapolis-based Loaves & Fishes told the newspaper reporter. Cathy Maes, head of the larg…
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) enacted last December was unlike other major overhauls of the federal tax code. Gone were the traditional mon…
Before the pandemic, there were already simmering pools of trouble ahead for the nation’s overall workforce and for the nonprofit sector’s more partic…
It’s safe to say it’s a new day in the U.S. Congress. There’s an entirely different House of Representatives after the blue wave of November 2018. Of…
“A monkey walked into a bar… “ The joke should continue: “Showing the bartender a photo, the primate said: ‘Hey, look at my selfie. I posted it online…
Lots of 501(c)(3) charities around the nation issue “memberships.” For certain groups – like parishioner-controlled churches – a voting membership for…
On the spectrum of the relative excitement of various types of litigation, an employment law, wage-and-hour, case barely registers. Occasionally, thou…
Recently, Bryan McQueenly raised a provocative issue to his neighbors in an op-ed in the Ventura County Star. In The Real Costs of Disasters for Nonpr…
Recently, in the charitable sector, deep theoretical discussions have moved from the quiet dark corners of academia into the light. According t…
Back in May 2016, millions of Americans were handed a very large raise in pay, to be effective on December 1, 2016. It was all because the United Stat…
There are important updates to certain stories we’ve covered in the last several months or so. Issue: 2020 Census In the weeks leading up to the Jun…
In 13 Famous TV Cliffhangers That Still Get Fans Talking, we’re reminded that Hollywood executives take delight in leaving fans over the long hot summ…
If you aren’t clear about whether a tax-exempt organization must disclose its donors or not, the rest of us say: “Welcome to the club.” It’s been a ro…
There’s an important conversation these days in the nonprofit community on a somewhat unexpected topic: Exploring the Problems and Benefits of Self-In…
As if there isn’t enough already for nonprofit organizations to juggle and worry over this holiday season as the biggest fundraising period draws to a…
Well before White House staff change out the draperies and bring in the family photos of a new president, the incoming administration from a different…
The Attorney General of California issued a July 24th press release announcing the lawsuit against Sacramento-based Move America Forward, Inc. beginni…
In “Local Governments Eager to Snag Revenue from Nonprofits,” we quoted the warning from the late Rick Cohen back in 2010: “If Congress tried to take…
Social entrepreneurs and policymakers have joined forces in recent years to enable new forms of corporate enterprise: hybrid for-profits that are more…
For the nation’s nonprofit private schools, the summer of ‘22 was a time for planning a new term against the backdrop of two years of a devastating pa…
Three old hippies walk into a bar …. Well, they were former hippies, but they weren’t at a regular bar. They were sipping cappuccinos at a trendy spot…
Recently, in Controversial Decision for Berkshire Museum (October 11, 2017), we reported on an uproar last summer in the art world. The trustees of th…
So far in this series about litigation involving charities, we’ve focused on civil cases. Here, we remind you that nonprofits are also involved in cri…
One in four nonprofits worldwide have experienced a cyber attack: email phishing, website hacking, ransomware, social media attacks, or a similar intr…
Last spring, the general public were politely asked to refrain from berating 9-year-olds about the shortages of their most popular cookie varie…
Recently, the directors and managers of private foundations read some good news in the Federal Register. On April 25, 2016, The U.S. Treasury Departm…
“As we see it,” the National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) wrote this summer, “keeping our republic is a fundamental function of what nonprofits do – wo…
Back in 2016, the Omaha World-Herald ran a devastating series of articles about Goodwill Omaha, the well-known 501(c)(3) that is one of Nebraska’s big…
First, there was Nonprofits: What Not To Do (July 13, 2021). Then, two months later came Nonprofits: More “What Not to Do” (September 7, 2021). This…
It wasn’t entirely unexpected. On the final day of the Supreme Court term, six of the nine justices tossed out the bold August 2022 initiative by the…
Federal and state regulators want charities to disclose significant amounts of information. For the most part, these organizations are on board with t…
The Bolder Advocacy program of the Alliance for Justice is recognized as a leader in “nonprofit advocacy” education and training. That term is widely…
What if $100-million suddenly fell out of the sky to tackle a “critical problem affecting people, a place, or the entire planet?” The folks at the Int…
“When boards work well,” say two leaders of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), “they help organizations focus, strengthen their work, reinfo…
“The IRS is not the only sheriff in town,” wrote Notre Dame law professor Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer in 2016. “Especially for charities, state regulators hav…
A little over a year ago, the Obama Administration Department of Labor announced a huge pay raise for millions of American workers – just in time for…
Our IRS Audits and Attorneys General Investigations practice group is closely watching state-level developments of interest to the nonprofit sector, p…
For the past two and a half years, there’s been a roller coaster of confusion and controversy about whether some or all nonprofits must disclose their…
Recently, in Patient Advocacy Nonprofits’ Dark Ties to Industry, we highlighted the murky, questionable relationships of pharmaceutical companies with…
It was the middle of March 2020 when life in the United States suddenly changed in the blink of an eye from “normal” to something decidedly different…
“Funders,” writes nonprofit blogger Vu Le, “this is the rainy day you have been saving up for.” Recently, we wrote about Mr. Le’s earlier plea for Ame…