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IRS 501(c)(3) Audits – 5 Potential Sources

IRS 501(c)(3) Audits – 5 Potential Sources

There is one phrase in the English language that generates more fear and trepidation than any other out there:  IRS AUDIT.  Just hearing the words is enough to cause many a fearless person to break out in a cold sweat and to shrink in terror.  It is bad enough when an individual has to deal [...]

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The Dirty (Half) Dozen Nonprofit No-Nos

The Dirty (Half) Dozen Nonprofit No-Nos

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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Pastors to Defy Ban on Political Endorsement

Mark your calendars!  Sunday, September 28, 2008 has been declared “Pulpit Freedom Sunday”.  Sponsored by the Alliance Defense Fund, the Pulpit Initiative is a bold, stick-in-the-eye movement encouraging pastors to defy the ban on political endorsements by churches. “For so long, there has been this cloud of intimidation over the church,” ADF attorney Erik Stanley [...]

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Political Campaign Activity by Charities

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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