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Really bad advice about year-end giving, and some really obvious responses
The Nonprofiteer just received an e-mail entitled “Five Things You Need to Know About Year-end Giving” which was distinguished primarily by the utter wrongness of each and every one of the items...
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In other words
Another day, another idiotic Top 5 list, this one purporting to identify marketing trends in philanthropy. As it turns out, the list actually identifies what its author believes to be methods of...
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Another place to hear from the Nonprofiteer
The Nonprofiteer has begun tweeting under the name of KellyNFP. (A.A.Milne: “Winnie the Pooh lived in the forest under the name of Sanders.” “What does that mean?” asked Christopher Robin. “It means...
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Translation Services: What Does Venture Philanthropy Really Provide?
The Nonprofiteer threw a bit of a bomb at a meeting today. (“Now, dere’s a bolt from da blue,” as Andy Sipowicz would say.) Perhaps she should be sorry—but she’s not. After a group of young “venture...
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If only this were the last word on “venture” philanthropy!
This is the smartest, ballsiest response I’ve seen to the omnipresent nonsense about how what’s wrong with philanthropy and charity is that they’re too soft-hearted and how all the problems of the...
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Dear Nonprofiteer, If I smell a rat, should I just hold my nose?
Dear Nonprofiteer, I’m dealing with a tough situation and I could really use some help. I live in a quiet rural community outside of a large town. A neighbor moved away many years ago and turned his...
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The ongoing question of what’s really a charity
Query whether a failure to file annual 990 reports should be grounds for determining that a nonprofit organization is not actually a charity, and therefore not eligible for property tax exemption....
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Dear Nonprofiteer, When is a Board member not a Board member?
Dear Nonprofiteer: I came across your website as I was searching for information on Board members’ volunteering in programs. I’m wondering if you might have some advice on a situation I’m trying to...
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Dear Nonprofiteer, Is the banquet deductible?
Dear Nonprofiteer, I am the Development Manager for a small nonprofit that operates on a budget of around $500,000 a year. Something came up this year for the first time, and I’d like your opinion. The...
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Lawyers As Nonprofit Directors – Maximizing Opportunities, Mitigating Risks
By Guest Poster Lesley Rosenthal Note: This article is a recap of Lesley Rosenthal’s presentation at Proskauer’s 17th Annual Trick or Treat Tax Exempt Seminar, November 29, 2012Attorneys can reap...
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