Nonprofit Basics: Grant Agreements—Matching Grants, IP, Recoverable Grants & More
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REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits
Nonprofit Basics: International Grantmaking Part 3 -Special Rules for Private Foundations
Nonprofit Basics: International Grantmaking – Part 2 Income Tax Withholding Rules
Nonprofit Basics: International Grant Making - Part 1 Overview and Antiterrorism Rules
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Navigating the Complex Rules That Describe a Public Charity
REFRESH: Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 2
REFRESH: Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 1
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in North Carolina and South Carolina
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REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Private Foundation Advocacy
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Legislative Lobbying and Advocacy Rules for Public Charities
In the Weeds With New Supporting Organization Regulations
Understanding the Form 990-PF With Guest Tracy Hom
Loot and Private Foundation Rules - Part 2
Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 1
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 3: Private Foundation Approaches to Policy Advocacy Allowed by the Internal Revenue Code
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 2: Legislative Lobbying Activities by Public Charities
In the tax world, when someone refers to a “charitable” organization, it is likely they are using the term in its generally accepted legal sense to include not-for-profit corporations or charitable trusts that are organized...more
A hypothetical state law for-profit company, which may be a bank, credit union, insurance company, healthcare organization, or other entity (“Company”) intends to establish a charitable organization (“Foundation”) to carry...more
One of the most common misconceptions in the nonprofit world is that 501(c)(3) organizations are exempt from all types of tax. While 501(c)(3) entities enjoy broad exemptions from federal and state/local taxes, there are many...more
On May 22, 2025 the House of Representatives passed its version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “BBB”). As described in our prior Alert, the proposed package includes several key provisions of particular importance...more
On May 12, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee released a draft version of the Republican-led tax bill, "The One, Big, Beautiful Bill" (the "Bill"), which is designed to advance President Trump's tax reform agenda. The...more
On May 17, 2021, the U.S. Tax Court issued a Memorandum Opinion in Vincent J. Fumo v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2021-61, regarding the definition of a “disqualified person” under I.R.C. section 4958(a)(1). Managers of...more
Under § 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (the “Code”), a U.S. taxpayer may only claim a deduction on his or her federal income tax return for contributions made to 501(c)(3) charitable organizations...more
Formation - Requires formation of a new corporation or trust; must apply for IRS exempt status. Simple application and donor advised fund agreement with sponsoring organization. ...more
The election is only weeks away, and with it is likely to come significant changes to the tax code. Many economists anticipate that, regardless of the outcome, there will likely be tax increases to reduce the federal deficit,...more
The Senate voted yesterday to begin formal negotiations with the House of Representatives to reconcile their two versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a bill that seeks to make sweeping changes to federal tax law....more