Momentum Nonprofit Partners

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

BACKGROUND Since 1917, the federal charitable tax deduction has provided a tax deduction for donations made to nonprofit organizations by taxpayers who itemize their tax returns. Under current law, more than 90% of taxpayers don’t itemize, meaning less than 10% of taxpayers have a tax incentive to increase their donations to important causes.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 30, 2023

Western media coverage has largely been focused on hijab and the veiling laws. The New Yorker described the movement as “ Iran’s Hijab Protest Movement ,” for example, even as the featured interview discusses the movement’s long history, including key popular demands like the right to vote.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution. The IRS is currently completing its rollout of the new law. This pressured US nonprofits that accepted money from the oligarchs to disavow this funding.

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The Agitator

MARCH 13, 2018

We’ve had a few reader requests to talk about the nonprofit implications of the new tax bill. All without editorializing on the non-nonprofit aspects of this as much as possible. The new tax law increases the amount you can take as a standard deduction on your taxes. Wish me luck). First, an explanation.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 3, 2024

That was the topline conclusion of The Council for a Fair Data Future, a consortium of academics, civil society stakeholders, policymakers and technologists brought together under the umbrella of the Aspen Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based based organization thinktank. What is your plan for public disclosure of data collected?

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By Shaista Keating and Chloe Mankin The rapid evolution and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) offer both opportunities and challenges to civil society, particularly concerning responsible and ethical usage. Exceptions to these rules are permitted for law enforcement purposes.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 19, 2023

The simple game has an unbreakable law: Giving must be seen by partners who are able and willing to reciprocate. In the extreme game, the law still applies. A simple example One fundraiser for a law school shared this story. “I ABA Law School Development Conference , San Diego, CA. [9] Civil Society.

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Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Nonprofits as service providers. Private money speaks; public access, equitable service, equal rights before the law - nice concepts, not reality. Don't overlook the billionaires who used the student loan industry to rip-off hundreds of thousands of people now working back rooms to protect their own golden geese. If you have to ask.

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iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Nonprofit fundraising metrics: 26 essential KPIs to track. Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal, 12 , 235-285. Outstanding fundraising practice: How do nonprofits substantively increase their income? International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 21 (1), 43-56, 49. [22] Civil Society.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

At this uncertain time, as the potential use-cases of generative AI begin to become apparent, there are at least 10 things that funders can do to help the existing field of tech-related nonprofits—and society at large—better prepare. Building government (and civil society) capacity to use AI.

Civil Society 128

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics.

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Candid

MARCH 16, 2022

nonprofits requires that funders undertake one of two processes laid out by the IRS: equivalency determination (ED) or expenditure responsibility (ER). To directly support Ukrainian or other European nonprofits, funders should consider which of these options makes more sense for them. based nonprofits and foundations.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

(Photo By Deposit Photos) By Marnie Webb From the frontlines of disaster relief to the forefront of technological innovation, civil society organizations are navigating a rapidly changing landscape. What does this mean for civil society in the coming year? We see restrictions playing out in Paraguay and the United States.

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Philanthropy 2173

JANUARY 9, 2025

It's amazing to me, that a time when the nonprofit and philanthropic sector in the USA should be running around screaming "house on fire" (very bad metaphor for a Californian), most seem to to be just plodding along. But what about suing Heritage for violating tax laws or reckless endangerment? Listen to us, we are civil society.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Today, nonprofit fundraising and especially large capital campaigns emphasize naming opportunities to attract seven-, eight-, and nine-figure donations from high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). In response, I returned to school to study fundraising and nonprofit sector leadership and their relationship to normative ethics.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation. The Quebec law is even more recent—the category of solidarity cooperatives was created in 1997. The enabling legislation in Italy dates from 1991.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 2, 2024

People joined from more than 15 countries, representing business, government, and civil society. To qualify under the new Canadian law, sellers must sell a majority (minimum of 51 percent) of the company to workers, and the trust must hold shares on behalf of all employees—current and future. But it’s only a pilot.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Technology, regulation, fundraising and the people who power the nonprofit sector were the hottest topics online at The NonProfit Times during 2024. 3URhZuU ** NPTs The Best Nonprofits To Work For bit.ly/3Q1bNOB 3URhZuU ** NPTs The Best Nonprofits To Work For bit.ly/3Q1bNOB

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

International nonprofits and other non-government organizations (NGOs) need American support to function, or even exist, a trio of witnesses told U.S. Repressive regimes around the world have realized they can use legislation to give oppressing nonprofits and other NGOs the veneer of legality, the witnesses attested.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

Each January Nonprofit Tech 2.0 selects 31 new “ Favorite Nonprofits ” to be featured in the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofits in previous years were chosen primarily because they excelled at social media. MomsRising is a nonprofit grassroots movement working to build a more family-friendly America.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The other is that global philanthropy itself is under threat as South African “populist” opposition advocates for so-called “ foreign agent laws.” Similar laws have already rapidly spread across Europe and Central Asia , yet South Africa has avoided them so far. Today, that democracy is fraying. With an estimated 55.5

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 1, 2023

And certainly, civil society organizations are fundamental to monitoring and educating the public about how the US government is spending our tax dollars. Law firms have revoked job offers from law students who publicly support Palestine. Is Funder Backlash Real?

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Photo from CIVICUS The world’s civic space is in its worst state since the nonprofit CIVICUS started its global coverage in 2018. Despite the many constraints, civil society is doing everything it can to keep going, according to data from CIVICUS in its State of the Civil Society Report 2024.

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Philanthropy 2173

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Here's the 5th article in the series I've written for the Chronicle of Philanthropy: " What Now: The Philanthropic Future our Democracy Needs " [link] Foundations and nonprofits exist within a set of norms and laws unique to democracy. We see this around the world. has known it - is blinding itself to the threats.

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Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 20, 2020

our current built system of tax policies for nonprofits and philanthropy is - the legal and tax incentives that define the "nonprofit sector" in the U.S. Privacy laws and protection from fraud. The second was that said recession would reveal the fragility of our built institutions, including nonprofits and foundations.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 28, 2025

This order is a potential 5-alarm fire for nonprofits and the people and communities they serve. Federal grants make up about a third of nonprofit funding through direct grants, state pass-throughs, and other mechanisms for everything from scientific research to education to arts and culture to critical services for children and families.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 1, 2025

As nonprofits, mutual aid groups, and activist movements across the country mobilize to protect migrants and immigrants, IDPs executive director, Marie Mark sat down with NPQ to share lessons learned and strategies to help protect immigrant communities amid the ongoing battle to protect their rights.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Image credit: Sound On on Pexels.com As the Trump administration takes steps to freeze federal funding to untold numbers of nonprofits and NGOs, some organizations that receive federal grants are scrambling to protect themselves by self-censoring. Some nonprofits have chosen self-censorship.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Image Credit: photos by Mohammed Ibrahim on Unsplash, Anzhela Bets on Unsplash , Henry Wilkins via VOA, and Steve Sandford via VOA “Civil society is being tested like never before by a series of multiple and accelerating crises” (4). Threats to US Civil Society These threats to civil society include the United States.

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Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 29, 2023

Photo by Viktor Talashuk on Unsplash Civil society organizations are on the front lines of advocating for or against the most divisive issues in the United States. The links are almost entirely to civil society organizations fighting to protect the rights to free expression, free assembly, voting, reproduction, and work.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Several civil and human rights nonprofits have sued to stop the Trump administration from cutting off federal funds and violating their constitutional rights to free speech. The nonprofit plaintiffs allege that the Trump administration is, in effect, launching a full-scale assault on nonprofits.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Image: “ The Universe Delivers” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” Corporate capture is visible too in the names adorning the walls of nonprofit university and hospital buildings.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 13, 2025

Orbns track record underscores how constitutional amendments and censorship laws can be used to marginalize LGBTQ+ people and silence dissentand Project 2025 is a roadmap for US politics that aims to curtail civil liberties further.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash Since Donald Trumps inauguration, his administration has escalated efforts against marginalized communities and the nonprofits that serve them. While a federal judge blocked the order and the OMB later withdrew its memo, the disruption has already destabilized nonprofit operations nationwide.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Take the replacement of self-governing organizations with nonprofits or NGOs: there is nothing democratic there. SD: You mention a shift from self-governing organizations to NGOs and nonprofits. MG: There is an interdependence between our political structures and our civil society structures. They are not elected.

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Non Profitvote

DECEMBER 6, 2024

If you work in the nonprofit space, youve probably run across this term nonprofit killer over the last several weeks in regard to the swirling sector concerns over H.R. While phrasing as charged as nonprofit killer is the sort of alarmism we at Nonprofit VOTE prefer to avoid, the existential threat of a bill like H.R.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Thats part of the statement issued by Tupelo Press , a nonprofit literary publisher located on the East Coast of the United States. And how can arts nonprofits find support if one of their largest funders is no longer available or now excludes them? If our position means no more NEA grants forTupeloPress, so be it. jurisdictions.

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