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	<title>Foundation Group &#187; lobbying</title>
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		<title>The Dirty (Half) Dozen Nonprofit No-Nos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg McRay</dc:creator>
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		<img src="http://www.501c3.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/whoa-sign.jpg" width="240" />
		</p>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&#8230;and, really, really bad practices that will cause your organization, its board, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political Campaign Activity by Charities</title>
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		<dc:creator>Greg McRay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the upcoming US Presidential election gets closer, information on the IRS&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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