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