Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Opinion: Columbia U.’s Firestorm Is Just the Beginning. Here’s How Philanthropy Can Respond (Manu Meel, Chronicle of Philanthropy) Inconsistent Regulations, Crackdown on ..read more

Last month, BakerHostetler presented a very helpful webinar titled Race-Based Grantmaking and Charitable Activities: Protected First Amendment Speech or Prohibited Racial Exclusion? Materials are available on the firm’s website at the preceding link. Highlights The term charitable is used in section 501(c)(3) in its generally accepted legal sense and includes the ..read more

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. It was also nice to see the Nonprofit Law Blog listed as #19 on FeedSpot’s 100 Non Profit Blogs and Websites and #1 on Justia’s of all-time Most Popular ..read more

It typically takes a nonprofit organization a number of months after it forms to file with the IRS an application for recognition of tax exemption. Then comes the waiting process. It may take many months for the IRS to reply, hopefully with a favorable determination letter recognizing the organization ..read more

Editor: I asked Trinity Salazar to write a post on a current issue of importance with a brief recommendation of policy goals that could be advanced by nonprofits. While this is a bit of a departure from our usual content, it is intended to promote nonprofit advocacy, a theme ..read more

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: How José Andrés and His Corps of Cooks Became Leaders in Disaster Aid (Kim Severson, NY Times) The Coming Attacks on Nonprofits ..read more

On March 24, 2024, California approved final regulations governing charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities. These regulations implement Assembly Bill No. 488 (AB 488), an act that generally went into effect on January 1, 2023. The act requires certain entities to register with and to file registration forms, reports ..read more

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Nonprofit Champion | April 8, 2024 (National Council of Nonprofits) Last week, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its major ..read more

Independent Sector commissioned research to fill a 20-year gap in data around nonprofit advocacy and civic engagement (i.e., nonpartisan voter engagement) activities through a nationally representative quantitative survey and complementary qualitative interviews of nonprofit institutions. The research, was presented in a workshop at Upswell 2023. Workshop/Report Highlights Nonprofits today ..read more

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Should We Put Out a Statement? (Seth Chalmer, Stanford Social Innovation Review) Unlocking the impact of funding on nonprofit advocacy (Mirae Kim ..read more