Posts Tagged ‘501(c)(4)’

The Alpha dog of the nonprofit world is the 501(c)(3).  It has federal income tax exemption, contributions to it are tax deductible to the donor and it is potentially state sales & property tax exempt.  Not bad.

The government provides incentives like these when an organization’s purpose is:  religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, to foster national or international sports competition or prevention of cruelty to children or animals.  But what about the other nonprofit organizations?  What are their purposes and what benefits do they get?  We’ll talk a little about the three most popular nonprofits other than the more well known 501(c)(3).

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