Budget Center Defends New Proposals to Limit Charitable Deductions
Budget center defends new proposals to limit charitable deductions
By SUZANNE PERRY
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IRS Clarifies Lobbying Rules for Community Foundations
IRS clarifies lobbying rules for community foundations
By Ian Wilhelm
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Charity Officials Press for Federal Antiterrorism Restrictions to Be Relaxed
After years of raising concerns that the federal government’s antiterrorism rules constrain charities from performing humanitarian work overseas and dissuade Americans from giving, nonprofit officials are growing slightly more hopeful that some of those policies might be modified. A group of…
By Caroline Preston
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New York Announces Projects to Strengthen Arts Groups
New York announces projects to strengthen arts groups
By SUZANNE PERRY
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IRS Releases Tips for Attachments to the Form 990 Tax Return
IRS offers tips to charities on new disclosure form
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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News Media Repeated Unverified Voter-Fraud Allegations Against Acorn, Study Concludes
News media repeated unverified allegations against Acorn, university researchers find
By SUZANNE PERRY
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White House Instructs Officials to Avoid Appearance of Politics
White House instructs officials to avoid appearance of politics
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Study Urges More Government Recognition of Nonprofit Disaster-Recovery Work
Study urges more focus on nonprofit groups in disaster-recovery work
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Gates Foundation Unveils Ad Campaign on U.S. Global-Health Spending
Gates Foundation unveils ad campaign
By Jennifer Moore
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IRS Releases Proposed Rules for a Type of Supporting Organization
IRS releases proposal to fight abuse at so-called supporting organizations
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Senators Propose Nonprofit Eligibility for Health-Insurance Tax Credits
Senators propose nonprofit eligibility for health-insurance tax credits
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Tax Agency Raises Fee for Charity Applications
The IRS says it will raise the fee it charges organizations to apply for tax-exempt status as charities, beginning with applications that are postmarked after January 3, 2010. For organizations with annual gross receipts that average more than $10,000 in the four years before they file their…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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IRS Rejects a Redesign of Foundation Tax Return
The Internal Revenue Service has turned down suggestions that it redesign the informational tax return filed by private foundations and simplify the filing rules for small private foundations. The tax agency rebuffed the ideas of the federal Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, made up of 99 “citizen…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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New State Laws Give Charities More Wiggle Room on Endowment Spending
Charities reeling from investment losses are turning to new state laws giving them more leeway to tap into endowments severely shaken by the stock market. The laws, passed by 43 states since 2006 — including 17 so far this year — replace strict rules that had prohibited nonprofit groups from taking…
By Debra E. Blum
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Senator Baucus Releases Health-Care Proposal for Hospitals
Senator Baucus releases health-care proposal for hospitals
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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National-Service Veteran Khazei to Pursue Senate Run
National-service veteran to pursue Senate run
By SUZANNE PERRY
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