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To the Point Question of the Week - August 19
I have recently opened a nonprofit Christian coffee house and worship center and obtained 501(c)(3) status. We sell coffee, muffins, bagels, etc. Many ladies from the community would like to help with this mission outreach by providing their home-baked pies and other foods. Can we treat this the same as a bake sale we have for the youth group of a church? Also can we sell soup and sandwiches at lunch for a suggested donation?
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| Pretrial Diversion Program
Can’t Require Charitable Gift
State law requires that fines be paid
to government, not to anyone else
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Florida Supreme Court Grants Judges
More Leeway to Participate in Charity Events
Participation may not cast doubt on impartiality but mere attendance does not violate ethics rules
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Court Refuses to Extend
Charitable Subscription Rule
Individual is unable to enforce pledge
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| Where’s the line between med mal and simple negligence?
Hospital not liable for releasing suicidal patient
Nonprofit may exclude dissidents from parade, fairs
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Humanitarian nonprofit qualifies for ministerial exception
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Court remands real estate exemption case to determine character of owner of leased property
Religious use providing 67% of revenue is “predominant”
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Kramer, Sikes named “super lawyers”
Thursday with the Editor, August 7
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Ready Reference Page No. 106
New “Core Form” 990 Presents
Revised Look for Nonprofit Finances--Part II
Organizations can be expansive on program accomplishments, will face new questions about tax compliance, governance issues
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Don Kramer answers readers questions.
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Is it considered “lobbying” for federal tax purposes if a 501(c)(3) public charity seeks to influence the outcome of Resolutions at the United Nations?
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| Tips on reducing risks of litigation and liability by Melanie Herman, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Risk Mangement Center, Washington, D.C. |
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Clear explanations of financial and accounting
issues for nonprofits.
Behind the Numbers
The ABC’s of Accounting For Grants, Pledges, and Contributions
By Eric Fraint
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Good news! Your organization just received a major pledge or grant. Now you must determine how to account for it correctly in your financial records. Is it revenue, or not? Is it restricted or unrestricted? To make these decisions, you must ask a series of specific questions to arrive at the correct answer.
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