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New IRS form presents challenges for nonprofits and lawyers
Though it's not always easy to believe, changes in tax laws are generally made to help taxpayers. The Internal Revenue Service's new Form 990 might be an example of medicine that's ultimately helpful, even though it might not taste very good going down. A recent amendment to...
Tags: FINANCE, financial, Internal Revenue Service, nonprofit, Taxes
Research articles 2008-10-10
Harvard Business School Club of New York Announces Unprecedented Summit for Nonprofit Leaders in Social Enterprise
Pioneer Collaboration of the Country's Most Influential Nonprofit Organizations and Harvard Business School Professors on New Directions in Nonprofit Leadership NEW YORK -- In celebration of the Harvard Business School's centennial anniversary, the Harvard Business School Club of New York HBSCNY (www.hbscny.org) is hosting its first annual gathering of...
Tags: Harvard Business School, leader, Leadership, nonprofit, Summit
Research articles 2008-09-23
WECU donates more than $10,000 to local nonprofits
Whatcom Educational Credit Union WECU donated a total of $10,800, dividing the funds among 13 local nonprofits including American Museum of Radio and Electricity, Animals as Natural Therapy, Western Washington University's anthropology department, and Womencare Shelter. WECU's social responsibility committee oversees monetary donations and participation in volunteer projects. WECU's...
Tags: MARKETING, nonprofit, Western Washington University
Research articles 2008-09-01
U.S.: 165 names on Fumo witness list
Federal prosecutors yesterday filed a list of 165 potential witnesses against state Sen. Vince Fumo, including the names of politically connected Philadelphians, Fumo staffers, friends and members of his inner circle.Prosecutors said yesterday that it was likely that only about 100 witnesses on the list would actually testify at Fumo's...
Tags: chairman, E-mail, FINANCE, Government, lawyer, nonprofit, Sen., Taxes, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-08-05
Nonprofit tax compliance; IRS Raises the governance bar with the revised form 990
the IRS has raised the governance bar for public charities. It has issued a revised Form 990, the annual information return filed by most nonprofits based on the premise that good governance produces better tax compliance see Sidebar I. The form includes an entirely new goverance the management policies and...
Tags: board, compliance, director, FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, nonprofit, Taxes
Research articles 2008-08-01
The pitfalls of shrouded finances: mandatory public disclosure could make the difference between good stewardship and the kind of fiasco that has rocked the Cleveland diocese
Santiago "Charlie" Feliciano spent two decades working as an in-house lawyer for the Cleveland diocese. When he finally left in 2000, he had been the general counsel, Bishop Anthony Pilla's main legal adviser, for 16 years. Feliciano held one of the top posts in the diocese's Financial and Legal...
Tags: church, Cleveland, FINANCE, financial, Internal Revenue Service, nonprofit, Taxes
Research articles 2008-03-21
CHARITIES WILL HAVE THEIR TAX WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM IN 2009
Charities and other nonprofit organizations that haven't started planning for the massive Internal Revenue Service overhaul to forms for the 2008 tax year need to get in gear, according to BKD LLP. "This return is going to take a lot of time; it's not something you can...
Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Internal Revenue Service, nonprofit, SOFTWARE, Taxes
Research articles 2008-03-21
Delaware County News in Brief
Community Arts Center dedicates its new gallery The Community Arts Center and supporters of the "Community Building/Building Community" project celebrated the opening of the nonprofit's most significant building addition in its 60-year history last weekend. Construction of the 3,200-square-foot Lillian and Joseph C. Duke Gallery began in June 2007 and...
Tags: elevator, Entrepreneurship, estate, exhibit, nonprofit, Widener University
Research articles 2008-03-16
Army News Service : first DoD organization to win Baldrige Award
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- There's nothing like being the first in anything. The Green Bay Packers were the first to win the Super Bowl. Neil Armstrong was the first to walk on the moon. Now the U.S. Army Armament Research and Development Center can lay claim to being one...
Tags: Leadership, nonprofit, Strategy, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2008-03-01
Bill would expand premium assistance program for nonprofits in Okla.
Nonprofit organizations with as many as 500 employees would be eligible to participate in the state's premium assistance program by Senate Bill 1404. The law now limits participation to companies with 50 or fewer full-time employees. State Sen. Bill Brown, R-Broken Arrow, said he has...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, nonprofit, SOFTWARE, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-02-14
Renowned Technology Innovator and Open Systems Advocate, Leo D'Angelo, Named CTO at MPower Systems
High Tech Entrepreneur and Systems Architect Joins Leading CRM Firm for Nonprofits DALLAS -- MPower Systems - provider of the most open, flexible, and powerful software for fundraising and constituent relationship management CRM for nonprofits - today announced the appointment of Leo D'Angelo as the company's Chief Technology Officer....
Tags: CTO, Entrepreneurship, Fax, Fidelity Investments, j2 Global Communications Inc., nonprofit, software
Research articles 2008-02-13
When profit is not the incentive: for many reasons, nonprofit companies have become major players and employers in the Tar Heel economy.(FEATURE)
It's not yet 3, but the late-December day is fading as men and women climb out of cars onto the sloped concrete of a parking deck near downtown Charlotte. The Presbyterian Hospital lot becomes a sea of jewel-colored scrubs as nurses, doctors, technicians and assistants in ...
Tags: bank, Benefits, Government, grocery, HEALTHCARE, hospital, incentive, Manufacturing, Nonprofit, nonprofit, Novant Health, SOFTWARE, Wake Forest University
Research articles 2008-02-01
A growing search for wisdom of the elders
For several years, a local initiative based at Temple University has captured the energy and expertise of many of the area's elders by connecting them to nonprofits. Now, a $1.8 million grant over three years will allow Coming of Age to take its model on the road and replicate it...
Tags: FINANCE, nonprofit, Strategy, Temple University
Research articles 2008-01-23
Nonprofits nonpareil
A Pace University study done in partnership with The Business Council of Westchester shows that nonprofits in Westchester County have grown significantly in number and in employment in recent years and continue to contribute strongly to the economy. The number of registered nonprofit organizations in the county rose to 4,179...
Tags: FINANCE, Government, nonprofit, Pace University
Research articles 2007-12-31
The churning sector: no storms, at least from a weather perspective.(YEAR IN REVIEW)
If March goes in like a lion and out like a lamb, 2007 might well be remembered for all the commotion toward the middle of the year. The latest nonprofit scandal The Smithsonian hit the fan in the spring while the summer went out with a howl...
Tags: accountability, FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, Investment, IPO, nonprofit, Smithsonian Institution
Research articles 2007-12-01
Talk of 'do-not-mail' getting louder.
Seven states have slated do-not-mail legislative agendas for 2008 and the pressure is starting to build from environmental groups that want to reduce the amount of waste entering landfills. As of early November, eight do-not-mail bills in seven states have been slated for the...
Tags: Direct Marketing Association, Do-Not-Call, nonprofit, solicitation
Research articles 2007-12-01
Where would Jesus jet?
You've probably heard about those six celebrity preachers Senator Charles Grassley is investigating for abusing their tax exempt status--financing their lavish lifestyles with the contributions of believers who often sacrifice to squeeze the money from their modest family budgets. And now the Associated Press has identified two other conspicuous offenders....
Tags: Associated Press, FINANCE, Government, Investment, nonprofit, Taxes
Research articles 2007-12-01
Sealaska Heritage Institute
Tlingit artist Doug Kevin Chilton of Juneau will carve a full-size traditional cedar canoe for display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The project, commissioned by Sealaska Heritage Institute, will be crafted at the Sealaska Plaza in Juneau. Project organizers hope to paddle the finished...
Tags: museum, nonprofit, Smithsonian Institution
Research articles 2007-12-01
Rules for Good Governance
INDEPENDENT sector, a Washington, D.C.-based advocate for charities, released a report last month suggesting a list of good governance practices aimed at increasing accountability and elevating ethics within the nonprofit sector. "Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice: A Guide for Charities and Foundations," appeals to nonprofit managers to help...
Tags: FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, nonprofit, Taxes
Research articles 2007-11-19
Transparency wins, 28-12: the new Form 990 makes a point of governance.(STREETSMART NONPROFIT MANAGER)
Seldom does a bureaucratic blank form foretell the future. But when the Internal Revenue Service IRS released its new Form 990 this past summer it sent an unmistakable message about what it considers most important for nonprofit public charities. That message can be summed up in...
Tags: Benefits, board, compensation, FINANCE, financial, Internal Revenue Service, nonprofit
Research articles 2007-09-01
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