IRS Reaffirms Grants to Charities That Lobby
The Internal Revenue Service is reassuring private foundations that grants they make to charitable organizations that lobby are permissible under the federal tax code. The tax agency answers 16 questions about foundation grants in a letter to Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest, a nonprofit…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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IRS Audits Not Political, Treasury Report Says
The Internal Revenue Service showed no political bias when it decided last year to audit dozens of charities to see whether they had illegally participated in political campaigns, according to a report by the Treasury Department. But starting the audits just months before Election Day contributed…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Improving Health Through Marketing
Selling Healthy Lifestyles: Using Social Marketing to Promote Change and Prevent Disease shows grant makers how they can use commercial marketing techniques to encourage healthy living. The report, the product of a meeting last year of grant makers, researchers, and health-care workers coordinated…
By Caroline Preston
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Guide to Laws and Legal Issues That Affect Nonprofit Groups
The Nonprofit Legal Landscape, edited by Thomas K. Hyatt, is an overview of legal topics relevant to the work of nonprofit directors and managers. Written by lawyers at the firm of Ober/Kaler and produced by BoardSource, the book is intended to help nonprofit leaders avoid legal problems and…
By Caroline Preston
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Report Calls 2006 Budget ‘Frighteningly Bleak’ for Nonprofit Groups
The Bush FY 2006 Budget From a Nonprofit Perspective argues that cuts in discretionary spending and entitlements, the consolidation of programs, and other cost-trimming measures in the president’s budget will hinder charities’ efforts to help needy people. The report estimates that, after adjusting…
By Caroline Preston
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Guide to Managing a Nonprofit Group
The Nonprofit Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Start and Run Your Nonprofit Organization, Fourth Edition
By Caroline Preston
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How Government Can Better Manage Its Nongovernmental Partners
Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector
By Caroline Preston
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Book Relates History of Covenant House
Covenant House: Journey of a Faith-Based Charity
By Caroline Preston
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Lawsuit Accuses Pa. Charity of Misusing Federal Money
In a challenge to President Bush’s effort to allow more religious groups to gain access to government funds, two civil-liberties organizations have sued a Christian charity in Pennsylvania. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, in Washington, and the American Civil Liberties Union of…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Frustrated by State Budget Cuts, a Longtime Charity Leader Moves On
After 25 years as a nonprofit leader, Eric Stevens decided it was time to shift gears. At 57, he was not ready to retire. But he wanted to pursue his longtime interest in strategic planning and coaching executives in a way that also left time for a healthy personal life. That led him to resign this…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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