Alcoa Foundation Names New President
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Prest Alcoa Foundation Caroline Rossignol has been named president of the Alcoa Foundation, which makes grants for conservation, education, and job skills.
James Irvine Foundation Commits $186.5 Million to Continue Its Fair-Work Program
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
APRIL 4, 2023
Prest Samanta Helou CLEANWash Mobile, a worker-owned cooperative, is prioritizing job safety, fair wage and hour laws, environmental protection, and community health initiatives for the hand-carwash industry in Los Angeles.
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The Next Test of the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision: Race-Based Foundation Grants
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 17, 2024
By Alex Daniels Sarah Jones for The Chronicle The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture-capital firm, and its associated foundation face a lawsuit arguing that its grants targeted to Black women entrepreneurs violate civil-rights laws.
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Newsletter: Start 2025 Strong with These Lead-Gen Tips ; Cause Marketing Law Resources ⚖️ ; Why a News Vacation Could Be Exactly What You Need ️
Selfish Giving
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Make the first week of January your secret weaponwhile others are easing into the year, youll be making meaningful connections, reigniting leads, and setting the foundation for a standout 2025. The most recent issue of the Engage for Good newsletter points to this page on cause marketing law resources. Warm Regards, Jamie 2.
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Critical Nonprofit Policy Issues the Next President and Congress Will Face
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Chief among them are the expansion of the charitable tax deduction and the 1969 law governing foundations. By Ben Gose Chronicle Illustration; Photo by Julia Schmalz Chief among them are the expansion of the charitable tax deduction and the 1969 law governing foundations.
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J.D. Vance Had a Point: Let’s Rein in All Large Endowed Institutions
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Wealthy nonprofits, especially universities, increasingly demonstrate the same behaviors that led Congress to regulate foundations more than 50 years ago. The law should be updated to include these organizations. The law should be updated to include these organizations.
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Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 20, 2025
Its board actions might be reversed because they were not taken pursuant to the organizations bylaws or applicable corporate laws. Ensure activities are operated consistent with all applicable laws , including Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code and any licensing, registration, zoning, and contractual requirements.
How Understanding Endowment Law Is Key to Liberating Philanthropic Assets
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Total charitable foundation assets reached $1 trillion in 2019, growing to $1.5 As intersecting crises intensify in our age of racial capitalism and climate colonialism , why are foundations holding onto all of this wealth? The reasons are multiple, but often, leaders claim that the law compels their behavior. No, they don’t.)
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Pathways to Alignment of Assets with Mission: Three Foundations’ Journeys
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Photo by Arno Senoner on Unsplash Should a private foundation be more than a private investment company that uses some of its excess cash flow for charitable purposes? Heron Foundation, New Frontiers in Mission-Related Investing , 2004 At the end of 2024, US private foundations held a record $1.64 trillion in assets.
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Ecotrust Names Its First Native American Leader
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JUNE 2, 2023
Prest Also, the Birthright Israel Foundation's new CEO will start in September, and the nonprofit law expert Peter Swords has died at age 88.
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How Nonprofits Can Navigate Political Engagement and Maintain Public Trust
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Balancing Free Speech and Nonpartisanship Nevertheless, the prohibition against political campaign intervention remains the law, and 501c3 organizations must comply with the Johnson Amendment or risk their tax-exempt status and the imposition of other penalties under federal and state laws. See Regan v.
Defying the Odds: The Case for Investing in Organizing Workers in the South
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 19, 2025
There is no question that the regions history of union busting and so-called right-to-work laws makes worker organizing difficult. What all of these efforts share is a focus on strengthening local organizing and fostering collaboration to provide a sustainable foundation for long-term labor movements that go beyond traditional models.
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How Nonprofits Can Help Free Culture and Benefit from the Public Domain
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 14, 2025
Currently, almost everything is legally locked down by US copyright law, but only entertainment corporations and a few thousand celebrity artists meaningfully benefit. The Copyright Trap The idea of copyright is usually framed as protection: Copyright laws protect creators from having their work stolen or manipulated.
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Bill To Pull Tax Exemptions Headed Back To Congress
The NonProfit Times
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Foundations and universities have often been targeted for not just their large endowments but also for support of controversial topics and opinions. The Council on Foundations, Independent Sector and the National Council of Nonprofits together issued a strongly-word denunciation of Section 4 of H.R.9495 Vice President-elect J.D.
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The Law Is an Imperfect Tool for Justice
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 9, 2023
As an attorney, I am often talking to organizers about the limitations of the law. I know that the law can exert a lot of power over folks’ lives, and it is also so not powerful for supporting the causes of tenants. I often describe the law as a tool for moving resources and moving resources only. It’s not a tool for justice.
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Church vs Religious Charity Tax Law – Exploring the Differences and Similarities
Foundation Group
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The post Church vs Religious Charity Tax Law – Exploring the Differences and Similarities appeared first on Foundation Group®.
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Nonprofit Leadership Center Welcomes Four New Board Members
NonProfit Leadership Center
JANUARY 26, 2024
Brody is the chief strategy officer for the Foundation for a Healthy St. She serves as a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for strategy development and deployment and directly oversees the Foundation’s grant making, strategic initiatives portfolio, and research and education activities. Brody, Esq., Brody, Esq.
Newsletter: Cause Marketing & The Law ?? ; How Long Do Partnership Pros Stay on the Job? ; Snapchat Teams Up with Wendy’s to Support Adoption ???
Selfish Giving
MAY 22, 2019
Karen is a lawyer who specializes in cause marketing and corporate partnership law. Ten Commandments of Cause Marketing Law. Within the next couple weeks, Karen and I will respond to all your law-related questions! Take Our Partnership Law Survey ?? Instead, I call Karen Wu at Perlman & Perlman ! But no worries!
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How Limited Equity Co-ops Can Sustain Affordable Homeownership
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Policies such as redlining , as highlighted in Richard Rothsteins The Color of Law , created entrenched housing inequities. In 1951, the groups came together to create the United Housing Foundation. Partnerships with state and local governments, foundations, and impact investors are essential to overcome this barrier.
The Future of Fundraising: 3 Tips to Leverage Nonprofit AI
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Collaborative ) as your foundation. Legal compliance to remain aware of and abide by applicable AI laws and regulations. Your organization can prevent many of these risks and maximize these solutions’ benefits by committing to use AI responsibly. Its tenets include: Privacy and security to protect personal and sensitive data.
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Doing good, wrong? The role of philanthropy in keeping people safe
Candid
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Those responsibilities range from ensuring the safety and well-being of foundation and grantee staff working in difficult environments, protecting the privacy of grantees and program participants, and creating a culture of safeguarding within an organization to prevent harm from occurring in the first place.
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Impact in 2022: The Stories Behind the Numbers
NonProfit Leadership Center
MARCH 8, 2023
From new pandemic protocols and hurricanes to emergent laws around DEI training, it was another year full of unexpected moments. Investments from courageous corporate and foundation funding partners enabled the Nonprofit Leadership Center to expand our DEI programming at a time when many weren’t sure how and what to do in this critical area.
Rebecca Cantrell, ACNP: The Greene County Force behind United Way of the Greater Dayton Area
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
“I wanted to become an attorney,” she recalls, “I thought I could make that change in my community, by learning about law and really advocating for people.” ” Her time at the Epilepsy Foundation was particularly poignant. “I really excel at raising money and the fundraising side,” she notes.
Black Women’s Advocacy Paved the Way for Policies on Missing Black Women and Girls
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Among the leading voices for missing Black women and girls is the Black and Missing Foundation , founded by sisters-in-law Derrica and Natalie Wilson. Derrica is a former law enforcement official who saw the disparate treatment of missing Black women firsthand while working on missing person cases.
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Balancing Mission With Human-Centered Leadership
The Charity CFO
JANUARY 8, 2025
At MCEA, their mission to use law and science to protect Minnesota’s environment and the health of its people serves as a crucial touchstone. For example, when working on a recent bill to achieve 100% clean energy by 2040, MCEA’s role was to ensure the legal language matched the intent of the law.
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Putting Homeownership Preservation on Philanthropy’s Agenda
Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 9, 2024
By Ruth Gao For many families, owning a home is not only a source of pride but also the foundation of financial stability and opportunity that can be passed down through generations. To help move the needle, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and JPMorgan Chase and Co.
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A Guide for Private Foundations: Tax Exemption and 990-PF Filing Requirements
Blue Avocado
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Even if your private foundation is fully exempt from taxes, your organization must still report certain information to the IRS annually. This ensures that your foundation operates according to IRS guidelines and also provides transparency for your nonprofit. Private Foundations vs. Public Charities: What’s the Difference?
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Newsletter: Attorney Karen Wu Answers Your Questions on UBIT ?? ; Dunkin Sells Masks for a Cause ; Wendy’s Promised to Promote Black Voices on Twitter, Then Ghosted
Selfish Giving
JUNE 24, 2020
- asked for in the Selfish Giving / Accelerist Partnership Law Survey you completed last year. A big thanks to Karen for taking time out of her busy schedule to write and complete this very helpful series of posts on corporate partnerships and the law! ??Links Links to all four posts can be found here ! 68% reported they have.
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Time to Rethink Your Blog Strategy? Writing Epic, Incredible Blog Posts
Pam Moore
OCTOBER 18, 2016
The worst part is that the primary idea and foundation this person offered was to leverage content from other people. Related Stories Blogging for Business: 10 Foundational Requirements for Success Facebook Advertising Policies in a Nutshell – Get Your Ad Approved 10 Time Hacks to Design Your Dream Life and Business. SoundCloud.
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Sick of Pink Complainers
Selfish Giving
OCTOBER 5, 2009
They’ve bypassed all the good things New Balance has done (the good work of its foundation, the millions of dollars New Balance has raised for Komen’s , the invaluable awareness they’ve brought to breast cancer, etc.) Companies should obey the law and register with the Attorney General’s office.
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Reading Between the Lines of that Fundraising Job Posting
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Implements new avenues of fundraising techniques, keeping abreast of industry trends, issues, and changes in the law pertaining to donations.” This is important because we are about to expand into government and foundation grants, which means someone needs to make sure we have everything set up from application to tracking to reporting.
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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?
NonProfit Quarterly
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Nonprofits are a feature of tax law and corporate governance laws. AQ: Dean Spade, the lawyer who does trans law, he had a great point. JH: Well, look at the example of the Ford Foundation. But I like to bring the attention back to the people that we are supposed to serve and for whom I’m an advocate.
Addressing the Healthcare Needs of Justice-Involved People
NonProfit Quarterly
JULY 15, 2024
A law passed in 1965—the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy —prohibits incarcerated people from receiving Medicaid benefits. Under the new law, which goes into effect in 2026, states are required to suspend rather than terminate the Medicaid coverage of justice-involved individuals. Under the new law, approximately $113.5
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Appeals Court Rules Funding Process A Contract, Not A Grant
The NonProfit Times
JUNE 5, 2024
The full ruling is available here: [link] “The majority ruled that an 1866 law designed to provide economic freedom to newly-freed slaves actually prohibits the Fearless Foundation from providing grants to Black women. We disagree,” attorney for the Fearless Foundation Jason C. The ruling from the U.S.
Anti-DEI Lawsuits Threaten Nonprofits, Philanthropies
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 19, 2024
“A lot [of] our clients, whether they are nonprofits or for-profit companies, are facing a really different political landscape with regard to legal liabilities,” says Ann O’Leary, an attorney for the Chicago-based law firm Jenner & Block, whose practice includes advising nonprofit organizations on these legal questions.
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No Wonder Retention of Online Donors is So Bad
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
AUGUST 21, 2012
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation sent 8 emails in 8 months, but 4 of them came in May. Southern Poverty Law Center sent me one email in April asking for a renewal. Southern Poverty Law Center also stood out for me, but not in a good way, because of the annoying plastic mail and phone call. No direct mail.
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How Much Do Americans Trust Nonprofits? It’s Complicated.
NonProfit Quarterly
JULY 9, 2024
Trust in philanthropy remains lower than trust in nonprofits, and trust in private foundations and high-net-worth individuals remains much lower than in 2020, the first year for which we have data (8). The stakes, Independent Sector notes, are high.
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20 Leaders Selected for 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship
NonProfit Leadership Center
AUGUST 7, 2023
” Michael Wardlow, Community Outreach & Employment Manager, AARP Foundation SCSEP Program “I was born and raised in Tampa Bay. My parents have laid the foundation of being a servant leader within the community, and now it is my job to expand upon that and take it further.”
Newsletter: 8-Point Framework for Working with Partners ; Lacoste Stores Go Crocodile-Free; Partnership Salaries by Region
Selfish Giving
JUNE 5, 2019
I had the pleasure of moderating Karen Wu's session on the Ten Commandments of Cause Marketing Law. The highlight of the conference for me was moderating a panel with Stefanie Mathew from the National Park Foundation and four of of NPF's corporate partners: Coca-Cola, Union Pacific, L.L. Brain Food 1.
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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs
Candid
MAY 9, 2023
For every $100 foundations give to an Ivy League school, how many dollars do you think foundations give to a historically Black college and university (HBCU)? In fact, for every $100 foundations gave to the average Ivy League, they gave 56 cents to the average HBCU. HBCUs have long played a pivotal role in the United States.
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Let’s Give! The Big List of National, Local and Collegiate Online Giving Days (2016 Edition)
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JULY 28, 2016
Do your homework, starting with these resources: The Knight Foundation Giving Day Playbook. Council on Foundations Map of Community Giving Days. Louis Community Foundation). MAY – Give Big Seattle Foundation. MAY – Give to Lincoln Day (Lincoln Community Foundation). Give Local America .
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Event Fundraisers Banned From Minnesota
The NonProfit Times
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
The organization and its founders must pay the nonprofit the Magnus Veterans Foundation money owed to the charity, roughly $5,000. In Minnesota, the Attorney General through the Charities Division has civil, not criminal, enforcement authority over the state’s charitable solicitation and charitable trust laws. “It
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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JANUARY 30, 2024
By 1948 Cafritz had amassed such wealth from real estate development that he incorporated a foundation bearing his and his wife’s name. It is also one of several DC-area foundations profiled in a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) on “ Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People.”
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Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership Announces Nominees for the 30th Annual Heart of Marin™ Awards
Anedot
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Volunteer of the Year (Sponsor: Harbor Point Charitable Foundation ). Hanson Bridgett LLP JAMBAR Kaiser Permanente San Rafael-Petaluma Marin Independent Journal Redwood Credit Union San Marin Animal Hospital Volvo Cars Marin. Excellence in Innovation (Sponsor: Potrero Group ). Youth Volunteer of the Year (Sponsor: Redwood Credit Union ).
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