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What should (but won’t) be the last word on the charitable tax deduction
The most powerful argument Jack Shakely makes in his LA Times op-ed piece opposing the charitable tax deduction is that it’s a poor trade-off. The retired foundation executive points out that...
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Dear Nonprofiteer, Does an alumni association chapter have to file tax returns?
Dear Nonprofiteer, I am the president of my local alumni chapter for a large university located in another state. The National Alumni Association is a 501(c)(3) organization with by-laws that state it...
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The Nonprofiteer has been wondering what to write about . . .
but she’d really have preferred not to have this as an inspiration. There is no excuse for the decision of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, until now a respected source of information and funding in the...
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Dear Nonprofiteer, How dare they tell me what to give?
Dear Nonprofiteer, Maybe I’m just being pissy. It’s possible. But…. I’m on the board of two smallish non-profit arts organizations, and a regular financial supporter of several others. I’ve noticed...
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Dear Nonprofiteer, Whose money is too filthy to take, and why?
Dear Nonprofiteer: I’d be interested in your take on the Tucker Max/Planned Parenthood issue. That whole issue, which I’m sure you’ve touched on before, of NPOs making tough decisions about accepting...
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Giving Tuesday: A Holiday Tradition Worth Creating
This is glorious: someone figuring out how to divert some of that pointless holiday shopping into social good. Go bust some charity’s door today!
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Really bad advice about year-end giving, and some really obvious responses
The Nonprofiteer just received an e-mail entitled “Five Things You Need to Know About Year-end Giving” which was distinguished primarily by the utter wrongness of each and every one of the items...
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In other words
Another day, another idiotic Top 5 list, this one purporting to identify marketing trends in philanthropy. As it turns out, the list actually identifies what its author believes to be methods of...
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Translation Services: What Does Venture Philanthropy Really Provide?
The Nonprofiteer threw a bit of a bomb at a meeting today. (“Now, dere’s a bolt from da blue,” as Andy Sipowicz would say.) Perhaps she should be sorry—but she’s not. After a group of young “venture...
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Dear Nonprofiteer, Is the banquet deductible?
Dear Nonprofiteer, I am the Development Manager for a small nonprofit that operates on a budget of around $500,000 a year. Something came up this year for the first time, and I’d like your opinion. The...
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