Nonprofits in many cases provide us with feel-good stories. They do laudable work, often offering a helping hand to those whom society has left behind in some ways. Work many of us really don’t want to do, in other words.
But who pays for it?
Sure, donors to some extent. But much of the funding comes from […]
Citizens Against Government Waste, according to its website, "is a private, non-partisan, non-profit organization representing more than one million members and supporters nationwide [whose] mission is to eliminate waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal government."
Fair enough.
But when John McCain started getting beaten up by populist Democrats for supporting an Air Force decision to award […]
A New York Times report earlier this week about the fiscal implications of a Minnesota court decision instructing a nonprofit daycare to pay property taxes created quite a buzz throughout the sector, but reporter Stephanie Strom buried the lede, as they say in the newspaper biz.
It’s easy to see why nonprofits are worried that they […]
Could Nancy Schwartz’s prediction of a new Chinese nonprofit movement be coming true? The Washington Post reported earlier this week that young people have flooded to Sichuan in hopes of assisting in earthquake recovery efforts, in the process sparking a debate within the country over whether they were helping out or just getting in the […]
Remember the Internal Revenue Service poking into whether Barack Obama’s address to a United Church of Christ convention last year violated the church’s tax-exempt status? Comes word today from taxgirl that the IRS just issued a "My bad" about the matter:
The IRS determined that the UCC had made several attempts to stay in compliance noting […]
Canada tries to inject ethics into fundraising. | Toronto Star
Three little letters to guide nonprofit media pitching. | Nonprofit Communications
A nonprofit professional finds herself on the other side of the fundraising relationship … and doesn’t like it. | Nonprofit Congress Blog
Nonprofits join retailers in making a pitch for the government’s lame attempt to bribe taxpayers […]
The federal law prohibiting nonprofits from supporting specific electoral candidates is about to get challenged by churches, according to a Wall Street Journal report:
A conservative legal-advocacy group is enlisting ministers to use their pulpits to preach about election candidates this September, defying a tax law that bars churches from engaging in politics.
Alliance Defense Fund, a […]
It was inevitable that in this era of CGI movies and personal avatars, a visual aid as quaint as the light bulb-laden battlefield display at the Gettysburg National Military Park would fall by the wayside. A shiny new facility stands ready to present the details of the seminal Civil War battle using the latest technology, […]
Forbes is out with a warning that not every nonprofit has a warm and fuzzy back story informing its operations. It seems that home buyers who lack the assets to pony up even the teeniest down payment are finding more and more nonprofits willing to front them the scratch. It’s all legal under a Federal […]
The effects of anti-terrorism finance programs on nonprofits. | OMB Watch
The huge missed opportunity of nonprofit taglines. | Getting Attention
Advocating for a nonprofit voice in regional economic development decision making. | Roanoke Times
Uganda proposes taxing a private university. | allAfrica.com
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