Posts Tagged: tax-exempt organizations

A FREE PROGRAM FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

May 7, 2013 Posted by Jessica Shofler in Accountability, Board

If you are a nonprofit Executive Director, CFO, or Director of Human Resources, we urge you to attend A Program for Non-Profit Organizations being held on May 17, 2013 from 7:30am-10:30am at the Sportsmen’s Lodge. The program will include strategies for managing your banking partnership and how to discipline and terminate employees without getting sued, …

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UPDATE: New Misleading Mailers

April 4, 2013 Posted by Jessica Shofler in Board, News, Scams

Did your nonprofit heed our warning about misleading mailers? Hopefully it didn’t fall prey to the most recent misleading mailers we’ve seen. The first is titled “Statement of Information Officers List” and warns that failure to file a Statement of Information may cause an entity to become suspended. While the warning may be true, it …

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Will High Admin Costs Mean No State Charitable Deduction?

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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Misleading Mailers Revisited

March 28, 2013 Posted by Jessica Shofler in News, Scams

Around this time last year, we warned you about misleading mailers notifying you that your organization’s annual minutes are due. Well it’s that time of year again! Make sure to read our blog and check with a trusted advisor before providing payment. Also check the Secretary of State’s Website, which regularly posts warnings about these …

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Republicans Seek to Protect the Charitable Deduction

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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