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BP Oil Spill Settlements to Nonprofits: Mechanics and Lessons
Do nonprofits have a right to claim economic losses when disaster hits? In the wake of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil spill in 2010, nonprofits suffered losses just like any other businesses in the impacted parts of the Gulf Coast. The new BP oil spill settlement process for making claims of economic losses is important for the region’s nonprofits to access—and for the nation’s nonprofits to understand if and when the next man-made, BP-type calamity hits.
One Foundation Ad, Two Messages for Child Abuse
A clever advertisement sends two different messages to the viewer based on their height, aiming to reach youth impacted by child abuse.
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Few things are more loathed by the public than taxes, and our cultural models encourage us to view government as something to be resisted and our tax system as a ...
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Country Clubs and Homeless Shelters: A Nonprofit Is a Nonprofit?
The public is understandably confused about why their local country club might be a tax-exempt entity.
Democratic Party Considers Selling Donor Info
Democratic Party leaders are now considering selling information from supporters to credit card companies and retailers like Target. Is this the brave new world of information solicitation?
Does IRS Have Resources to Do Its Increasingly Complicated Job?
When people talk about organizations having to do more with less, they’re typically not referring to the Internal Revenue Service, though it appears that dilemma may be the case at the IRS, too.
Little Free Libraries Take Root across an Array of Communities
From Staten Island to Ghana, the Little Free Libraries concept is taking hold, building social interaction, literacy, and a love of books for communities of every stripe.
“If It Moves, Medicaid It” and Excessive NPO Salaries in N.Y.
A recent report from the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform offers a scathing critique of New York’s administration of the Medicaid program.
In Tenn., a Plan to Give L3Cs Tax Exemptions
At a recent “legislative coffee,” Tenn. State. Rep. Bill Sanderson discussed his plan to introduce a bill that would give low-profit limited liability corporations tax exemptions.
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