Posts Categorized: Congressional ax

Big Trouble for College Football?

March 26, 2014 Posted by Jessica Shofler in Congressional ax, IRS, News, Nonprofits, Taxes, Unrelated Business Income

Today the Chicago District of the National Relations Board ruled that football players at Northwestern University are employees and can unionize. The Board found that players’ scholarships are tied directly to their performance on the field, they are working between 20-50 hours per week, and they are generating millions of dollars for the university. This …

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Extending Time for Charitable Donations

October 11, 2013 Posted by Jessica Shofler in Charitable Deductions, Congressional ax, IRS, News

Have you ever experienced the anxiety of making all of your charitable donations before December 31? The Charitable Giving Extension Act, introduced by House Ways and Means Committee member Mike Kelly (R-Pa), would allow you to focus on present giving during December. The Act would allow individuals to treat charitable donations made until April 15 …

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How do You Measure a Nonprofit's Effectiveness?

June 20, 2013 Posted by Jessica Shofler in Charitable Deductions, Congressional ax, Donations, Fundraising, News

Earlier this week, we blogged about a letter from three prominent organizations strongly refuting the use of overhead costs to measure a nonprofit’s effectiveness. But, in seemingly direct contradiction to this letter, a new Oregon law requires that nonprofits spend no less than 30% of their total annual expenses on charitable programs. Worst of all, …

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Will High Admin Costs Mean No State Charitable Deduction?

April 2, 2013 Posted by Jessica Shofler in Charitable Deductions, Congressional ax, Donations, Fundraising

What if high admin costs caused your nonprofit to lose the ability to take donations that received a state charitable deduction? The Oregon legislature is considering a bill that will do just that. The bill mandates that charities devoting less than 30% of their expenses to their charitable programs over three years will be required …

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Republicans Seek to Protect the Charitable Deduction

March 22, 2013 Posted by Jessica Shofler in Charitable Deductions, Congressional ax, Donations, Fundraising, News, Taxes

Yesterday we told you about Democratic Senators’ proposals to cut charitable deductions. Now Republican Rep. David Reichert is spreading the word that Republicans don’t agree. In an interview with The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Reichert affirms that he has never supported a cap on the charitable deduction and neither have any of his Republican colleagues. He …

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Will Pease Disturb the Peace?

June 21, 2012 Posted by The Law Firm for Non-Profits, P.C. in Charitable Deductions, Congressional ax, Donations, News, Taxes

Nonprofit leaders throughout the country are holding their collective breath waiting for the answer. A few months ago, we told you about the charitable deduction limitation scare caused by Obama’s budget plan. The panic resided when Obama clarified that the charitable deduction was not being targeted for reduction. But the so-called “Pease” limitation is now …

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