Charities in the Courtroom, Part 8: Universities
Recall the story of Virginia’s Sweet Briar College that we covered in 2015. Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, this idyllic campus
501(c)(3) Politics Executive Order: What Effect?
For over a year, there’s been serious chatter in certain quarters about easing the 100% ban – the Johnson Amendment – on political campaign activities
Can a Form 990 Be Amended?
Until some major tax legislative changes in 2006, the Form 990 – the information return for exempt organizations – applied to far fewer organizations than
The "Sunsetting" Foundation: Trend of the Future?
The standard model of nonprofit corporate philanthropy is a nonprofit organization or trust created to last … well … forever. “There was a time,” wrote
Class Action Lawsuit Against PayPal Giving Fund
In 2016, overall charitable giving rose 1%, but online giving jumped 7.9%, and all indications are using technology to facilitate donations will continue to grow
New Select Committee on Nonprofits in CA Assembly
“The IRS is not the only sheriff in town.” That’s a key point made in last summer’s edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly magazine on the
Fewer Regulations: Maybe Not So Good for Nonprofits
With the new Administration, there are lots of big issues being tossed around for discussion and action; health care, immigration, taxes – just to name
What’s Up These Days with the Form 1023-EZ?
The Internal Revenue Service used to have a huge problem: it generally took 18 months to two years to process even a fairly straightforward 501(c)(3)
San Francisco Charity Under Fire
She was everywhere on San Francisco’s social scene: the 78-year-old fashion diva with her enormous “statement” eyeglasses. Joy Venturini Bianchi was the face of nonprofit
Charity Shenanigans of the Billionaire-Philanthropist Doctor
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
Charities in the Courtroom, Part 7: Yanking Money from Tight Fists
“You can’t get blood out of a stone.” Apparently, that idiom was “first recorded in Giovanni Torriano’s Second Alphabet, 1662: “To go about to fetch
Patient Advocacy Nonprofits’ Dark Ties to Industry
In recent years, the secretive relationships between healthcare businesses and physicians have been exposed, leading to some much-needed reforms of the sordid practice of doctors