IRS Finds Possible Problems With How Colleges Set Salaries and Report Business Income
The tax agency is concerned about the way some of the 400 institutions surveyed reported business income as well as how they set executive pay.
By Eric Kelderman
Contributor
National-Service Board Chair Appointed N.Y. Deputy Mayor
Stephen Goldsmith, chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service board, has been named New York’s deputy mayor of operations. He said he plans to step down from his board post “whenever the timing works best for the White House.”
By Suzanne Perry
Contributor
IRS Continues Focus on Governance
The IRS keeps an eye on governance; Congress may create a new kind of business entity; a San Francisco church battles a one-time transfer tax; and the IRS plans to audit community foundations.
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Advocates for the Poor Seek Changes That Would Make Welfare More Flexible
Charity advocates seek policy changes that would make welfare more flexible.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Social-Service Needs Spike as Advocates Eye Looming Battle to Renew Welfare Overhaul
The recession has exacerbated the problems of people on welfare and placed new strains on charities.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Community Foundations Audited by IRS
The IRS is expected to audit 50 community foundations this year, an official of the Council on Foundations told grant makers at the association’s annual conference last week. The IRS announced in 2008 that it would examine community foundations identified through questionnaires sent to numerous…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Church Battles Over Tax in San Francisco
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco has gone to court to fight the conclusion by the city of San Francisco that the archdiocese owes a one-time local “transfer tax” of $14.4-million on property whose ownership rights are being moved between different nonprofit organizations. The…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Congress Could Create New Kind of Group
As Congress eventually moves to consider making broad changes to the nation’s tax structure, proposals could arise that would take into account a “blurring of the lines” in recent years between companies and nonprofit groups, says Russell Sullivan, staff director for the Senate Finance Committee.…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Promise Neighborhoods Program Is Officially Off the Ground
The Department of Education officially started the Promise Neighborhoods program last week, inviting applications for $10-million in grants to plan comprehensive antipoverty projects in urban neighborhoods, rural areas, or tribal communities.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Senator Grassley Examines Ties Between Drug Companies and Mental-Illness Charity
Sen. Charles Grassley expands his ongoing probe into corporate payments to health charities and other medical groups.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
69 Applicants Vie for Grants From Social Innovation Fund
The Corporation for National and Community Service has closed its initial round of applications for the Social Innovation Fund and will name recipients of the combined $50-million in July.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Watchdog Group Seeks Review of Congressional Earmarks
A civil-liberties group has asked the Obama administration to review Congressional earmarks to nine religious organizations that it says raise legal questions.
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
IRS Continues Its Focus on Governance Matters, Official Says
The Internal Revenue Service says it will continue to stress the importance of good governance practices by nonprofit groups.
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Head of National Service Agency Seeks to Create ‘Results-Oriented’ Culture
Patrick Corvington, the new head of the Corporation for National and Community Service, says his organization is rethinking how it measures success.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
New Leader of Social Innovation Fund Answers Questions About Upcoming Federal Grants
Paul L. Carttar began work this month as director of the Social Innovation Fund, the new federal grant program designed to help nonprofit groups expand effective social programs. The fund, managed by the Corporation for National and Community Service, will award $50-million to “intermediary grant…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Charities That Serve Immigrants Focus on Federal Legislation
Immigration groups try to gear up for the legislative fight over immigration but fear that if the law passes, they will be overwhelmed.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor