The Internal Revenue Service has issued new guidance (in the form of Revenue Procedure 2014-11) for small nonprofits looking to regain lost tax-exemption. The process outlined in the Rev. Proc. significantly changes the reinstatement process…mostly for the better. Under the…
Freedom From Religion Foundation Wins Federal Suit In what amounts to a double whammy for religious nonprofits in the past week, a federal judge has ruled that the long-standing IRS tax exemption on clergy housing allowance is unconstitutional. We reported…
All 501(c)(3) organizations are required by law to file some version of IRS Form 990 annually, with the notable exception of churches. Since the establishment of Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3), churches have been exempt from this annual reporting requirement. …
Help us win a Mission Main Street Grant from Chase Bank, Google and NFIB! Chase’s Mission Main Street grant contest is open to US small businesses which have been providing services for at least two years and employ less…
UPDATED (9:00 am, 10/1/2013): It happened. Most non-essential, federal workers are now furloughed until further notice. As of midday, Monday, September 30, 2013, both sides of the political aisle are firmly entrenched on the federal budget talks and neither side…
Lois Lerner, the former IRS Director of Exempt Organizations, and the official at the heart of the tea party targeting scandal, is officially retiring. The IRS made the announcement today, though it did not elaborate due to privacy rules. She…
18 years old this month! Not me, of course, but Foundation Group. I say this every year when the middle of September rolls around, but time sure does fly by. It is so hard to believe it has been that…
A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that donors in that state who gave to charities, only to have the charity use the money for purposes other than that intended by the donor, are due a refund. This precedent-setting decision…
Just this morning the CEOs of Guidestar, Charity Navigator and BBB Wise Giving Alliance released a co-signed letter calling for an end to what they call “The Overhead Myth”. This marks the first time the three leading nonprofit information providers…
Does your nonprofit need a better website? Or maybe you don’t have one at all, but wish you did? What if someone created a way to do-it-yourself, simply, at very little cost? Interested? Then I’ve got something you need to…