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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

4 Once on Prospect, I was awash in a sea of excitement and activity as over 150 residents, labor activists, students, and onlookers buzzed about, handing out food and water, playing with young children, stewarding informational tables, dancing to the music, and finishing a massive art project that immediately drew my attention.

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Understanding Unrelated Business Income in Nonprofits

The Charity CFO

It’s true that due to their uniquely valuable societal contributions, such as charitable actions or educational priorities, nonprofits receive tax exemption for income from activities substantially related to their primary purpose. . This is called the unrelated business income tax, or UBIT. What is Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)?

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Meet the New Global Tax Haven, the United States

NonProfit Quarterly

There are many reasons, including public policies—both on the expenditure side (that is, government support for education, childcare, healthcare, and so on) and on the revenue side (that is, how progressive or regressive taxes are). What accounts for such extraordinary concentration of wealth at the top in the United States?

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The Differences Between a 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) and Other Tax Exemptions

NonProfit Hub

These include charitable, religious, educational, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition and preventing cruelty to children or animals. To fit into this category, an organization must fit into an exempt purpose as defined by the IRS. Benefit Corporations.

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4 forces primarily responsible for making people charitable

iMarketSmart

Skepticism about the government’s involvement in people’s economic lives – Brooks wrote that politicians and a significant number of people take credit for being charitable without spending their own money because they, instead, support policies of income distribution through taxation and this affects their private giving.

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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

After World War II, NAM was joined by the Foundation for Economics Education and the Mount Pelerin Society, named for the community near Geneva, Switzerland, where the group was founded in 1947. Little Myths on the Prairie As Quart points out, the stories children read influence the values they enact as adults. It was also strategic.

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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She is preparing a road map of awareness and education for the sector. On the broadest level, national government income policies on taxation or benefits can influence how much someone can take part in activities such as traveling to see friends or family or enjoying leisure pursuits.

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