Thursday, January 08, 2009
Half a Million Nonprofits Could Lose Their Tax Exemptions
News from guidestar.org:
Half a Million Nonprofits Could Lose Their Tax Exemptions.
Having just FINALLY got final closure on a 501(c)3 after much to-ing and fro-ing with an endless loop of approvals from the Feds and the State and then years after I thought we'd had the final-final step complete, a notice that we were going to be dinged a penalty because we hadn't paid our corporate taxes, I know how nitpicky and all the paperwork for tax-exempt non-profits is.
("But the organization was shut down in 2006!")
("By golly, it was. Looks like we forgot to update the status in our database.")
I know how nitpicky and all the paperwork for tax-exempt non-profits is BUT this is important, folks.
If you volunteer with, work for, or give to a smaller nonprofit, make sure the organization's leadership knows about the 990-N. Encourage acquaintances associated with other small nonprofits to do the same. If they want more information, refer them to the IRS article.
posted by Sal Towse at 11:04 AM|
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Half a Million Nonprofits Could Lose Their Tax Exemptions.
Having just FINALLY got final closure on a 501(c)3 after much to-ing and fro-ing with an endless loop of approvals from the Feds and the State and then years after I thought we'd had the final-final step complete, a notice that we were going to be dinged a penalty because we hadn't paid our corporate taxes, I know how nitpicky and all the paperwork for tax-exempt non-profits is.
("But the organization was shut down in 2006!")
("By golly, it was. Looks like we forgot to update the status in our database.")
I know how nitpicky and all the paperwork for tax-exempt non-profits is BUT this is important, folks.
If you volunteer with, work for, or give to a smaller nonprofit, make sure the organization's leadership knows about the 990-N. Encourage acquaintances associated with other small nonprofits to do the same. If they want more information, refer them to the IRS article.
Labels: goodworks, nonprofits
posted by Sal Towse at 11:04 AM|
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Monday, December 22, 2008
The days grow longer.
Thanks be.
Sunshiney day outside with rain expected off and on through the weekend. Clear skies now, though. Lunch at the Bankers' Club to enjoy the views.
First, though we need to walk down to North Beach Citizens and drop off three bags of warm clothes. I rummaged through our closet. How many warm pullovers and sweaters can you wear at one time? We have more than enough and it's been so chill recently.
posted by Sal Towse at 9:47 AM||
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Sunshiney day outside with rain expected off and on through the weekend. Clear skies now, though. Lunch at the Bankers' Club to enjoy the views.
First, though we need to walk down to North Beach Citizens and drop off three bags of warm clothes. I rummaged through our closet. How many warm pullovers and sweaters can you wear at one time? We have more than enough and it's been so chill recently.
Labels: goodworks, life, nonprofits, San Francisco, Telegraph Hill
posted by Sal Towse at 9:47 AM|
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Monday, November 10, 2008
A reminder: Click to Give @ The Hunger Site
Click to Give @ The Hunger Site
from the site: The Hunger Site launched in June 1999 as the brainchild of a private citizen from Indiana, with the purpose of helping to alleviate world hunger by using the Internet in a creative way. A simple daily click of a button on www.thehungersite.com would give funding — paid for by the site's sponsors — to the United Nations World Food Programme.
In its first nine months, the site funded more than nine million pounds of food for the hungry — an astonishing feat. Eventually the site became too large for one man to manage, and in 2000 The Hunger Site was sold to GreaterGood.com, which today operates as the GreaterGood Network family of websites.
The shopshopshop portion of this site is superb as well. Very cool stuffs for those friends and family for whom a gift certificate to Olive Garden just won't do. Cheap shipping deals too.
Go there and check it out.
posted by Sal Towse at 10:38 PM||
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from the site: The Hunger Site launched in June 1999 as the brainchild of a private citizen from Indiana, with the purpose of helping to alleviate world hunger by using the Internet in a creative way. A simple daily click of a button on www.thehungersite.com would give funding — paid for by the site's sponsors — to the United Nations World Food Programme.
In its first nine months, the site funded more than nine million pounds of food for the hungry — an astonishing feat. Eventually the site became too large for one man to manage, and in 2000 The Hunger Site was sold to GreaterGood.com, which today operates as the GreaterGood Network family of websites.
The shopshopshop portion of this site is superb as well. Very cool stuffs for those friends and family for whom a gift certificate to Olive Garden just won't do. Cheap shipping deals too.
Go there and check it out.
Labels: culture, goodworks, nonprofits, shopshopshop
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: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
