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Staying ahead of what matters most to nonprofits

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We strive to keep our clients and the nonprofit community informed of important legal matters impacting their organizations. Here you’ll find in-depth articles, news briefs on current events important to nonprofits, and case studies, as well as material from our many speaking engagements and professional articles published in Colorado and across the country.

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IRS Provides Key Investment Piece: Guidance on Mission-Related Investments

IRS Developments, Social EnterpriseNovember 18, 2015

In a long-awaited clarification for private foundations, the IRS recently issued Notice 2015-62 regarding the application of Section 4944’s prohibition on…

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Advocacy and a Good Story Lead to Social Enterprise Success with the IRS

Social Enterprise, Tax-Exempt StatusNovember 17, 2015

Visitors to downtown Boulder have likely seen Ramble on Pearl, a retail boutique which offers customers access to premium quality…

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IRS Examines Deductibility of Marketing-Minded Business Donations

Business Philanthropy, IRS DevelopmentsNovember 11, 2015

More and more, businesses are announcing that they will give a certain percentage of sales or other proceeds to nonprofits…

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IRS Clarifies Donee Reporting Option for Deductible Contributions

Fundraising, Charitable Giving and Grantmaking, IRS DevelopmentsNovember 4, 2015

The IRS has issued proposed regulations that would implement the statutory exception to the “contemporaneous written acknowledgement” requirement for substantiating charitable…

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Legal Lowdown: Fundamentals for Scholarship Providers

ScholarshipsOctober 12, 2015

“Legal Lowdown: Fundamentals for Scholarship Providers” was the topic of Karen Leaffer Schauble’s presentation at the National Scholarship Providers Association’s…

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IRS Finalizes Regulations on Foreign Grant-making by Private Foundations

Fundraising, Charitable Giving and Grantmaking, International, IRS DevelopmentsSeptember 24, 2015

This week, the IRS finalized regulations that simplify the process of private foundation grants to foreign non-governmental organizations. The regulations…

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Jolie’s Board Departure Sparks Debate on Related-Party Transactions

Corporate Governance, Excess Benefit and Self-DealingSeptember 3, 2015

Just this week, it was reported that Angelina Jolie stepped down from a nonprofit board due to her disagreement with payments…

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Should University Endowments Have a Payout Requirement?

Fundraising, Charitable Giving and Grantmaking, Operational IssuesAugust 20, 2015

An opinion piece in yesterday’s New York Times proposed an interesting idea: subjecting larger university endowments (those in excess of $1…

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Push for Electronic Filing, Readability of 990s Picking Up Steam

IRS DevelopmentsJuly 22, 2015

An Internal Revenue Service advisory panel recently pressed the agency to require all nonprofits to file their requisite Form 990…

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Mission, Program Investing Targeted as Tool in Climate Change Arena

IRS Developments, Private Foundations, Social EnterpriseJune 23, 2015

Last week, the White House hosted a Clean Energy Investment Summit where Vice President Joe Biden highlighted more than $4…

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