Lobbying Audits to End, Charity Leaders Say
Nonprofit leaders who met with an IRS official last month to express concerns about the revenue service’s project to audit groups with high levels of lobbying expenses say the tax agency has decided to bring the audit program to a close. Officials from Alliance for Justice, Charity Lobbying in the…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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IRS Seeks Advice on Antiterror Rules
The Internal Revenue Service has asked nonprofit leaders for assistance in crafting guidelines to help foundations and charities avoid using charitable assets to support groups with ties to terrorists -- while also not discouraging them from donating to legitimate overseas organizations. Following…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Reference Guide for Support Groups
The Self-Help Group Sourcebook: Your Guide to Community and Online Support Groups, Seventh Edition, edited by Barbara J. White and Edward J. Madara, offers advice on finding and beginning self-help groups. Ms. White and Mr. Madara, program director and coordinator, respectively, of the American…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Advice on Crafting Nonprofit Bylaws
The Nonprofit Board’s Guide to Bylaws: Creating a Framework for Effective Governance, by D. Benson Tesdahl, is a primer on writing nonprofit bylaws. Mr. Tesdahl, a lawyer in Washington, highlights the decisions that board and staff members should consider when drafting bylaws. He offers advice on…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Employment and Liability Law for Charities Serving Children
Extra Credit: a Legal Guide for Nonprofits Offering In-School and After-School Programs, edited by Elizabeth M. Guggenheimer and Deborah A. Widiss, provides an overview of New York State employment and liability regulations governing charities that run programs for school-aged children. Ms.…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Guide to Grass-Roots Organizing
Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Fundraising in Diverse Cultural and Giving Environments
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Former Education Official Links Up With Tech Program
In Leonard Wibberley’s novel The Mouse That Roared, a tiny country declares war on the United States, with comic results. In New York City, Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools and Education, known as Mouse, has declared war on technological illiteracy, and the results are no joke. It has…
By Jeffrey Klineman
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Countries With Highest Percentages of Employees in Key Nonprofit Fields
ALSO SEE: Nonprofit Employment Is on the Rise Civic and Advocacy Finland 8.7% South Africa 8.5% Tanzania 7.1% Kenya 5.4% Pakistan 5.1% Austria 4.5% Romania 4.4% Sweden 3.7% Spain 3.4% Czech Republic 3.1% Uganda 3.1% Culture Hungary 38.1% Slovakia 36.7% Romania 34.0% Poland 31.6% Czech Republic…
Nonprofit Employment Is on the Rise Around the Globe, Study Finds
Nonprofit groups in 35 countries employ the equivalent of about 40 million full-time workers, including some 22 ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Share of Work Force, by CountryWhere Nonprofit Groups Around the World Get Their MoneyCountries With Highest Percentages of Employees in Key Nonprofit Fields million…
By Stephen G. Greene
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