One June 4, 2025, the Delivering on Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing: Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild.

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week.

As readers of this blog may be aware, I’m a big fan of the governance model known as Purpose-Driven Board Leadership (PDBL). If you’re not familiar with PDBL, it follows four basic principles: It’s ...

The deadline for responses to the Ways and Means Committee request for information regarding nonprofit political activities, inappropriate use of charitable funds, and rise in foreign sources of ...

As we have discussed in previous posts on the motivations and the risks associated with nonprofit mergers, nonprofit leaders should enter into any merger discussions with sufficient knowledge and ...

Increasingly, for-profit corporations are expanding their goals beyond profit-maximization and pursuing social or charitable goals. For owners of some of these corporations whose sole focus becomes a ...

In a comprehensive fiscal sponsorship, the fiscal sponsor owns the project and the sponsor is responsible for all activities of the project and, generally, any of the project’s liabilities, regardless ...

A nonprofit corporation is required to have a board of directors. States can vary among respective requirements of a board of directors but the general idea is the same: there must be a board of ...

The following are just some of the many highlights from the 2024 Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations (WCTEO). Because of a change in the timing of the WCTEO from late fall to late winter, ...

A limited liability company (LLC) is a legal form of enterprise, owned by one or more members, that may be organized and operated for a wide variety of purposes, including charitable purposes. One of ...

A board member of a charitable nonprofit organization may find themselves in an awkward position where the board is voting on a matter in which the board member has a conflict of interest. Perhaps the ...

This post follows up on our previously published post Nonprofit Law 101 for Journalists and is intended to provide additional information to journalists and news organizations about federal tax laws ...