How Tax-Exempt Organizations Can Support Advocacy Without Risking Their Status – Charity Lawyer Blog
1. Civil Disobedience and Tax-Exempt Status The IRS has long held that organizations engaged in illegal activity or activity contrary…
The Future is Ours to Make: What If Solidarity Was the Blueprint for Philanthropy?
Individualism. Competition. Risk aversion. Short-termism. Scarcity. Presumed expertise. Many of the norms by which philanthropy operates perpetuate the very narratives…
Arizona Tax Credit Programs – Guidance for Nonprofits – Charity Lawyer Blog
Arizona’s tax credit programs offer a unique opportunity for nonprofits to expand their fundraising by enabling individual taxpayers to redirect…
From Reactive to Reflective: Why Funders Must Make Space for Stories
Nonprofit leaders are in crisis. Things have been rough for a while, and as a person who has worked in…
Solidarity Leadership: What If Philanthropy Encouraged Collaboration Rather Than Competition?
Individualism. Competition. Risk aversion. Short-termism. Scarcity. Presumed expertise. Many of the norms by which philanthropy operates perpetuate the very narratives…
Courage in Unity: A Funder’s Response to the ‘State of Nonprofits’
The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s State of Nonprofits report is timely and insightful, and many of its findings are an…
4 Recurring Donation Trends to Inform Your Fundraising
Over the past decade, recurring donations have evolved from a “nice-to-have” nonprofit side hustle into, for many, the most significant…
In Conversation: The State of Nonprofits is … Precarious
This is the second in a series of occasional chats among some of CEP’s staff we’ll be posting on the…
How to Handle Donor Preferences Without Breaking the Law – Charity Lawyer Blog
In recent years, charitable organizations have faced growing pressure to incorporate values of equity and representation into their donor agreements,…
Change is a Process: What If Philanthropy Had the Courage to Take Its Cues From Nature?
Those of us who engage in radical resource redistribution know that the goal of institutional philanthropy should be its own…