Questions tagged [non-profit]
Questions on organizations whose surplus revenue is used to further its purpose rather than being distributed as profits or dividends, including religious entities, foundations, charities, and related questions on donations and financial dealings with these entities. For example, 501(c) organizations in the US.
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How should a nonprofit corporation react to or rectify mistakes in the execution of its corporate bylaws?
Nonprofit corporations often have bylaws that determine things like what the board of the corporation can do, and how membership of that board or other state of the corporation should evolve over time....
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How are NGOs supposed to handle the case of very few potential tender bidders?
When non-profit/public-benefit/charitable organizations need services rendered, that they cannot recruit employees for, or contract individuals for, they often use the mechanism of a tender: ...
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"Hiring" Volunteers. Has a contract been formed?
A nonprofit organisation organized a big event, which included the possibility for the participating guests to sleep in (empty) barracks for a small fee. The organization looked for volunteers to keep ...
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Non-Profit wants to monetize software/code it uses with clients to other non-competing organizations. Can it package and sell the code as an asset? [closed]
Could non-profit sell software/code it developed for clients to other non-competing organizations? (as an asset? or other?)
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non-profit donations and tax preparation deduction
Before 2018, tax preparation could be deducted. Most commercial services used it as part of their marketing, suggesting it was "free" because it could be deducted.
After the (doubly ...
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Can a non-profit discriminate members by family status?
Years ago our family joined a non-profit "community" organization offering gym, kindergarten, and other activities. The membership fees vary depending on whether the member is a) single; b) ...
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How should Form 990: Part IV Question 3 be answered?
When I read Form 990, question 3's answer by the the AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE for FY 2021 it doesn't make sense to me,
Question 3 reads,
Did the organization engage in direct or ...
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US Tax-exempt filing form [closed]
I thought as a US nonprofit I could file Form 990-EZ.
When I was applying for an EIN, I selected corporation as my nonprofit's structure. I believe 501c(3) nonprofits must be structured as a ...
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Can 501(c)(4)s donate to political candidates' campaigns?
Can 501(c)(4) non-profits fund political candidates' campaigns?
Unlike a 501(c)(3), 501(c)(3)s can engage in political activity, endorse candidates, etc.
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Is it fraud per se to falsely claim your non-profit has distributed donations in soliciting further donations?
Say you run a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting a cause. You solicit and receive donations for that cause. In soliciting further donations you talk about all the past donations you've ...
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Do limits on political activity of 501(c)(3) organizations apply to their activities outside the US?
501(c)(3) orgs have limits on their political activity - for example, they can't support political campaigns and intervene in elections of public officials.
Do these limits apply to political ...
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What stops the board of trustees from firing Gates from Gates Foundation?
We have all heard of the OpenAI drama where Sam Altman was fired by OpenAI Board of Trustees.
That raises a question -- what stops the board of trustees from firing Gates from Bill & Melinda Gates ...
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Does OpenAI get any tax benefits from its organization structure?
At this point most people know OpenAI, one of the hottest companies in America. It has the following strange organization structure:
My question is whether this gains them any tax benefits? Is this ...
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Why would a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run its major operations in an LLC?
I was looking into the corporate structure of the Signal App, and it's very strange from the non-lawyer (IANAL) perspective.
The parent organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, but the app is developed ...
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Can a non-profit software company get a 501c3 designation?
For instance, a web service that public uses every day like Facebook or Stack Exchange, could it fall under a non-profit corporation with the 501c3 designation?
My understanding is that, these ...
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