With Giving Tuesday quickly approaching on December 2, 2025, nonprofits are alarmed to discover that GoFundMe, an online for-profit fundraising platform, had created donation pages for approximately 1.4 million nonprofit...more
11/4/2025
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Charitable Organizations ,
Donors ,
Due Diligence ,
Fees ,
Fundraisers ,
GoFundMe ,
Misrepresentation ,
Nonprofits ,
Online Platforms ,
Opt-In ,
Payment Systems ,
Risk Management ,
Search Engines ,
Search Results ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Websites
With October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, now is a timely opportunity to review a recent FTC and state enforcement action. Although the action involved a breast cancer charity fundraiser, it serves as a cautionary...more
10/15/2025
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Consent Order ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Fundraisers ,
Misrepresentation ,
Nonprofits ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Nonprofits are experiencing funding challenges and scrambling to fund their missions. While termination of nonprofits’ federal funding has garnered a lot of attention recently, yet another funding challenge arose this week....more
9/5/2025
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CFC ,
Charitable Trusts ,
Compliance ,
Contests & Promotions ,
Contract Terms ,
Data Privacy ,
Donors ,
Federal Funding ,
Fundraisers ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Nonprofits ,
Partnerships ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages ,
Trump Administration
Florida’s recent amendments to its Charitable Solicitation Act are getting a lot of attention – and for good reason – charitable fundraising just got even harder. But Florida’s efforts to combat foreign influence should...more
8/21/2025
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Charitable Organizations ,
Compliance ,
Florida ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Entities ,
New Legislation ,
Nonprofits ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Exempt Entities
Idaho Governor Brad Little signed HB 398 in April, which contains several notable changes, particularly for nonprofits and organizations engaged in grassroots or grasstops efforts in Idaho.
First, there is now a definition...more
7/9/2025
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Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Lobbying ,
Lobbyists ,
New Legislation ,
Nonprofits ,
Political Campaigns ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State Legislatures
As a result of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia’s (Tax Division) recent ruling that a District of Columbia law unconstitutionally denied out-of-state charities a hotel and sales tax exemption, eligible nonprofit...more
5/27/2025
/ Charitable Organizations ,
Class Action ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Government Agencies ,
Hotel Tax ,
Nonprofits ,
Refunds ,
Reimbursements ,
Sales Tax ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Refunds