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How to Find Board Members for a Nonprofit

How to Find Board Members for a Nonprofit

One of the most essential aspects of starting a nonprofit is the organizational governance. Governance starts with the board of directors. Not surprisingly, setting up the original board of directors trips up people right from the start. We often have…

What Charities are Worth Your Donations? – Ignoring the Overhead Myth

What Charities are Worth Your Donations? – Ignoring the Overhead Myth

Dean Karlan, professor of economics at Yale University, recently wrote an article about determining if a charity is wasting donated money on overhead expenses. In this article, he discusses the “overhead ratio,” which we have discussed in a previous article.…

Federal Report Shows the IRS is Falling Short on Oversight of Charities

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that audits of tax-exempt groups have been on the decline. Due to its lack of resources and a dwindling workforce, the IRS has only reviewed 0.7 percent of filing charities’ tax returns. Based…

Senate OKs One-Year Extension for Charity Tax Breaks

We reported several weeks ago that the U.S. Senate was planning to vote on an extension of three lapsed tax breaks for charitable contributions. The three tax breaks include enhanced deduction for conservation easements, donations from retirement accounts, and breaks…

Vilifying Donor Advised Funds – ProPublica Gets It Wrong

Vilifying Donor Advised Funds – ProPublica Gets It Wrong

An article published yesterday by the online newspaper, ProPublica (which claims to focus on stories with “moral force”), is getting a lot of attention.  In the essay entitled, The Wall Street Takeover of Charity, writer Jesse Eisinger goes to great…

Lawmakers Considering Locking in Three Charity Tax Breaks

Ron Wyden, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman, expects Congress to pass legislation to extend three lapsed tax breaks for charitable contributions. Such extensions would be made permanent. The three tax breaks include the following: enhanced deduction for conservation easements, donations…

Giving Tuesday Shows Significant Growth in 2014

Giving Tuesday Shows Significant Growth in 2014

Giving Tuesday is a day that gives the world a chance to celebrate charities. In the past, it has been known as a day that follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but the increasing support shows it stands out on…

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