While the pandemic is hitting the entire nonprofit sector very hard, the Covid-19 impact on arts nonprofits has been particularly acute. In good part this is because the social distancing necessary to combat the virus is so antithetical to the very nature of our cultural gathering spaces. The impact is also being deeply felt by …
Nonprofits can now receive a refund of Parking Taxes paid in 2017 and 2018. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act imposed the so-called “Parking Tax” on nonprofits. The Parking Tax required nonprofits to pay a new form of unrelated business income tax (“UBIT”) on amounts they incurred for providing transportation and parking benefits to …
Since its inception, confusion has reigned with regard to the Parking Tax. Earlier this week, the IRS issued long-awaited guidance on the Parking tax. That guidance may even give your nonprofit a break (and maybe a tax-break). Before we go further, are you asking, What Parking Tax? In the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, …
Katie Hill, former Executive Director of our client, PATH, was elected to Congress earlier this month. She will be representing California’s 25th District. The district serves Katie’s home town of Santa Clarita and other communities in northern Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. We had the pleasure of working with and getting to know Katie when …
Your wish came true! In a recent blog post, we told you about a bill passed by the California legislature that would allow nonprofits to click a button to find all state grants for which it may be eligible. As we and others suggested, thousands of Californians contacted Governor Brown and signed petitions to ask …
Do you ever wish your nonprofit could click “google” to locate government grant opportunities? That wish may come true in California. Finding government grant opportunities is a frustrating process, especially for nonprofits that have limited resources. In part, this is because there is no centralized location that lists all state grants. Thus, a nonprofit seeking grants …
