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How Nonprofits Can Navigate Political Engagement and Maintain Public Trust

NonProfit Quarterly

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.

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2023 Montana Legislature: Week Two

MNA Association

MNA watches bills related to the nonprofit sector generally including Appropriations, Taxation, Charitable Giving, Workforce, Voting/Elections/Ballot Initiatives, Campaign Finance, and Lobbying. Thank you to the 137 organizations that participated in that survey, allowing us to come before legislators confidently on your behalf.

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Will Their Flag Decals Get Them Into Heaven? *

The Agitator

Under current law political donors to ‘independent’ political action committees can give unlimited amounts of campaign money, but they cannot take a charitable tax deduction. The last thing America needs is to pollute our churches and other nonprofit organizations with tax-deductible, partisan politics.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

3 In this book, I explored what happens to host communities when wealthy nonprofit organizations control exorbitant amounts of land in our cities and towns. Colleges, universities, and their medical centers are registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organizations.

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5 Actionable Ways to Prevent Profit Leaks

NonProfit Hub

It can be difficult for nonprofits to promote growth if their leaders are constantly bogged down by workforce management issues like compensation for paid workers versus volunteers or maintaining tax-exempt status with the IRS. Compliance is a huge job, especially if there’s only one person trying to keep up with ever-changing laws.

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

But the corporate form, per se, is not the problem—the corporation is just a creature of law that limits individual liability. This is neoliberalism, which is best understood as a politics in which the state acts to support the concentration of wealth among an elite few through its taxation, spending, and regulatory policies.