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The Dirty (Half) Dozen Nonprofit No-Nos

The Dirty (Half) Dozen Nonprofit No-Nos

Posted on June 9, 2009 by in Hot Topics, Managing a Nonprofit

Occasionally, you have to protect people from themselves.  Even those with the best of intentions can mess things up so badly that it can jeopardize what they are trying to accomplish.  In the nonprofit world, there are best practices, good practices and acceptable practices…and, really, really bad practices that will cause your organization, its board, [...]

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Political Campaign Activity by Charities

Posted on August 14, 2008 by in Hot Topics, Managing a Nonprofit

As the upcoming US Presidential election gets closer, information on the IRS’s views on 501(c)(3) organizations and political activity seemed appropriate for this newsletter. The Internal Revenue Service announced its Political Activities Compliance Initiative (PACI) once again will be in effect for the 2008 election season. The PACI program seeks to educate section 501(c)(3) organizations [...]

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