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Archive for the ‘Government’ Category

May 22nd, 2008

Obama’s Church Finally Gets Some Good News

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 […]

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May 11th, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Canadian Fundraising, Media Pitching, Pitching a Nonprofiteer, Seeking Stimulus, a New Doctorate, RSS

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 […]

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May 10th, 2008

Another Attempt to Keep Uncle Sam’s Hand Out of the Collection Plate

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 […]

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May 5th, 2008

Gettysburg’s Lights Seek a Nonprofit Savior

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, […]

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May 1st, 2008

Nonprofit Is Not the Same as Altruistic

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 […]

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April 20th, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Terrorism and Nonprofits, Taglines, Economic Development, Taxing Higher Ed, RSS

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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April 14th, 2008

How to … Attract the Kind of Government Attention You Don’t Want

Talk about damned if you do, damned if you don’t: The nonprofit leadership crisis exists, in part, because the next generation of leaders sees a bleak future in terms of personal compensation and is leaving the sector for greener pastures. Meanwhile, salaries for nonprofit hospital executives are so high that a Massachusetts legislator has proposed […]

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April 7th, 2008

The Latest Threat to Nonprofits: Too Much Success

Nonprofit hospitals are enjoying very healthy bottom lines, and lawmakers are taking note.

Riding gains from investment portfolios and enjoying the pricing power that came from a decade of mergers, many nonprofit hospitals have seen earnings soar in recent years. The combined net income of the 50 largest nonprofit hospitals jumped nearly eight-fold to $4.27 billion […]

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April 6th, 2008

Notes, Follow-Ups, and Reminders | Watching the Watchdogs, Nonprofit Transparency Legislation, Ethics, Careers, RSS

A guide to watching the watchdogs.
Oklahoma seeks to join the nonprofit transparency parade.
More bad news about nonprofits and ethics.
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April 3rd, 2008

The Nonprofit Squabble Over Ethics and Illegality

As the Nonprofiteer demonstrated Tuesday, one person’s ethics can be another person’s unwanted obligations. Houston Chronicle business columnist Shannon Buggs wrote last week about a set of principles recommended by a panel convened by Independent Sector, a coalition of charities, foundations, and corporate giving programs, regarding "ethical conduct, accountability, and transparency." Six of the 33 […]

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