Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations Regarding Requirements to Qualify as Type III Supporting Organization | Planned Giving Design Center

Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations Regarding Requirements to Qualify as Type III Supporting Organization | Planned Giving Design Center: "Treasury has issued extensive proposed regulations regarding the requirements to qualify as a Type III supporting organization that is operated in connection with one or more supported organizations. The regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Pension Protection Act of 2006. The regulations will affect Type III supporting organizations and their supported organizations."

Leaders urge charities to be more efficient - CharlotteObserver.com

Leaders urge charities to be more efficient - CharlotteObserver.com: "Fearing another year of shriveled budgets and sky-high need, Charlotte-Mecklenburg leaders are pressing nonprofits to collaborate, or even merge, to improve efficiency and stretch donor dollars."

Artdaily.org - The First Art Newspaper on the Net

Artdaily.org - The First Art Newspaper on the Net: "HARRISBURG, PA.- On Wednesday, leaders from the state’s arts and cultural organizations met with key legislative officials including Governor Rendell to protest the proposed tax on cultural activity. Julie Hawkins (VP Cultural Policy) and April Williamson from the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; Mitch Swain (CEO) and Ryan Freytag (Mgr Cultural Policy) from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council; and Abbi Peters (ED) from the Elks Council on the Arts attended a series of meetings in Harrisburg."

Bill would raise limit on charity prizes, tax the profits

Bill would raise limit on charity prizes, tax the profits: "As part of a proposed $27.9 billion budget for fiscal 2009-10, legislative leaders want to increase the weekly limits on prizes for games such as raffles, punchboards and pull tabs.

For years, that limit has been $5,000, but new legislation would lift it to $20,000 a week. Also, under Senate Bill 211, the maximum prize in any one small game of chance would increase from $500 to $1,000."

Revamped Recovery.Gov to Launch Monday - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

Revamped Recovery.Gov to Launch Monday - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com: "Revamped Recovery.Gov to Launch Monday
By Bernie Becker

Recovery.gov, the government Web site that tracks spending from this year’s stimulus package, will be relaunched on Monday, according to a release from the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board."

Senate bill 218 waiting - News

Senate bill 218 waiting - News: "On Sept. 9, the California State Senate approved legislation on a 33-1 vote to create more transparency in organizations within California's public universities and colleges.

Californians Aware and California Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, are pushing for SB 218 to be signed by the governor, which would require auxiliary organizations, such as Sacramento State's University Enterprises, Inc., to comply with the California Public Records Act."

Agencies Instructed to Separate Politics From Grant Awards - NYTimes.com

Agencies Instructed to Separate Politics From Grant Awards - NYTimes.com: "WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday instructed government agencies to keep politics away from the awarding of federal grants, a step taken as the administration sought to minimize the fallout after an official at the National Endowment for the Arts urged artists to advance President Obama’s agenda."

Cahill presses for nonprofit retirement option - Arlington, MA - The Arlington Advocate

Cahill presses for nonprofit retirement option - Arlington, MA - The Arlington Advocate: "Boston, Mass. - Nonprofit leaders are pressing lawmakers to back a plan offered by Treasurer Tim Cahill to allow them to offer their employees a retirement plan administered by the state treasury.

Citing the oft-repeated fact that nonprofit workers make up 14 percent of the state’s total workforce, David Magnani, head of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, said retirement protection for nonprofit employees “has gone the way of the buffalo.”"

New ND push for electronic gambling machines - Forbes.com

New ND push for electronic gambling machines - Forbes.com: "Electronic pull tabs, which are offered in Mississippi bingo halls and recently were approved for Virginia's charitable gambling industry, are easier to manage and audit than the paper tickets that are common in North Dakota bars and fraternal clubs, industry officials say."

Groups Seek to End Legal Hiring Bias by Religious Charities - washingtonpost.com

Groups Seek to End Legal Hiring Bias by Religious Charities - washingtonpost.com: "Nearly 60 groups concerned with civil rights, labor, health and education urged Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Thursday to renounce a Bush-era memo allowing religious charities that receive federal grant money to discriminate in hiring."

Pennsylvania statehouse and political news and commentary from The Harrisburg Patriot-News - PennLive.com

Pennsylvania statehouse and political news and commentary from The Harrisburg Patriot-News - PennLive.com: "Nonprofits bring funding plea to Capitol
United Way officials urge state leaders to expedite money to service groups, who they say are facing a 'day of reckoning'
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
BY JAN MURPHY jmurphy@patriot-news.com

With food pantries around the state running out of food, domestic violence shelters on the brink of closing and child care programs shutting down, civic leaders are calling on state officials to provide relief that goes beyond the funds caught up in the budget logjam that social service agencies had expected by now."

Collaboration beats at the heart of new statewide office on philanthropy - New Mexico Business Weekly:

Collaboration beats at the heart of new statewide office on philanthropy - New Mexico Business Weekly:: "he office launched in June with a $400,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. It’s a collaboration among Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, the Children’s Cabinet (which fosters collaboration among state agencies dealing with children’s health and well-being), the Kellogg Foundation and the Albuquerque Community Foundation. The office is not a grantmaking organization. It is modeled on a similar office in Michigan where the director has Cabinet-level status, identifying and brokering partnerships among funders, government and nonprofits to create policy reforms for children and families. The city of Newark, N.J. created a similar office in 2007."

IRS Seeking Comments Regarding Form 990-PF | Planned Giving Design Center

IRS Seeking Comments Regarding Form 990-PF | Planned Giving Design Center: "the IRS is soliciting comments concerning Form 990-PF, Return of Private Foundation or Section 4947(a)(1) Nonexempt Charitable Trust Treated as a Private Foundation, and Form 4720, Return of Certain Excise Taxes on Charities and Other Persons Under Chapters 41 and 42 of the Internal Revenue Code."

Nonprofit leaders push for 'fair' state budget

Nonprofit leaders push for 'fair' state budget: "The Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership hosted a news conference yesterday at the Focus on Renewal community center to discuss the impact the Pennsylvania budget impasse has on local communities. The state has been operating on a partial budget that doesn't include many social services since the fiscal year began July 1."

AG to crack down on nonprofits - Boston Business Journal:

AG to crack down on nonprofits - Boston Business Journal:: "In a memorandum issued Wednesday to four of the state’s largest charitable health insurance providers and the Massachusetts Hospital Association, Attorney General Martha Coakley outlined a plan for her office to increase its oversight of compensation practices for executives and directors in Massachusetts non-profit charitable health care organizations."

Plan tightens nonprofit rules

Plan tightens nonprofit rules: "TAMPA - The scandal involving Lowry Park Zoo's former chief has prompted Mayor Pam Iorio to tighten the reins on hundreds of local nonprofit organizations that receive taxpayer money.

A proposed ordinance being drafted by the city would require nonprofit organizations that get city funds to abide by a series of ethical standards, including strict limits on financial dealings between executive staff and governing boards of the nonprofit group and for-profit entities"