The following is a guest post from Kindful, a nonprofit software company that helps you organize your data and manage your donors better. What if we told you that there’s a tool for nonprofits that’s the blueprint to shaping donor…
Private foundations are a unique class of 501(c)(3) organization…so unique, in fact, that they have their own exclusive version of IRS Form 990, called Form 990-PF. In this post, our 5th in this series, we’re going to examine just what…
This article is the third in our series that explores the various versions of IRS Form 990. Form 990-EZ is annual information return filed by small-medium sized public charities and certain other nonprofits, at least as measured by gross revenue.
As we established in our Form 990 overview post, there are 5 versions of IRS Form 990, one or more of which is required to be filed annually by every 501(c) organization. Form 990-N, the shortest version and the one required…
Wouldn’t it be great if your nonprofit never had to think about the IRS again, once they approved your 501(c)(3) status, that is? Well, as you can imagine, that simply isn’t the case. Nor should it be, truthfully. As it is, the…
A 509(a)(3) supporting organization is a unique entity in the nonprofit space. It is a sub-category of 501(c)(3), and it is considered a public charity in-and-of itself. What is substantially different about a supporting organization, however, is the fact that it…
Guest Article: Sandy Rees, Founder and Chief Encouragement Officer of Get Fully Funded When you have a new nonprofit, you need money fast to get everything up and running. You need to pay for programs, overhead, and salaries. So, you…
It took over five years, but a unanimous 3-judge panel of the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in March that the clergy housing allowance is constitutional, overturning a District court decision from 2013. The original suit was brought…
Jo asks: Can person(s) have a proxy for an Annual Congregational meeting when voting on the annual church budget? Are there any guidelines of when it is permissible to have a proxy if you cannot attend a meeting because of…
Maryann asks: We are a board of directors of a +55 nonprofit adult community. We have had multiple board members quit and are down to the President & Vice-President. With only two sitting on the board, how do we make…