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Leading With AI: Nonprofit Management and Boardroom Perspectives
AI on a Shoestring: A Startup Nonprofit’s Real-Life Journey
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Iowa and Idaho
Political Speech in the Workplace: What Nonprofit Leaders Need To Know
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Mississippi and Georgia
Nonprofit Basics: Grant Agreements—Matching Grants, IP, Recoverable Grants & More
Nonprofit Basics: Grant Agreement Best Practices
Nonprofit Quick Tips: State Filings in Alabama and Arkansas
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Setting up a New Charity for Disaster Relief
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Charitable Support for Individuals Affected by a Disaster
Insights on Planned Giving From the BNY Annual Charitable Giving Report for 2024
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Maryland and Pennsylvania
REFRESH Five Tax Traps for Business Lawyers Advising Nonprofit Organizations
Investing Charity and Foundation Assets in Turbulent Times With Jennifer Nelson
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Federal Tax Filing Deadlines and Penalties
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Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and EO Radio Show episode 141 is a refresh of episode 37, covering key questions to ask when thinking about launching a new charitable...more
Tax-exempt organizations are facing more scrutiny than ever. Federal and state regulators have signaled an intent to more aggressively investigate nonprofits, and compliance missteps that once drew a warning can now trigger...more
Delaware AG Kathy Jennings announced that her office has issued a Statement of No Objection to the proposed corporate recapitalization of the artificial intelligence company, OpenAI, Inc., a Delaware nonprofit corporation...more
Major changes are underway at the IRS that could lead to an increase in criminal tax investigations into tax-exempt organizations. According to recent reporting from The Wall Street Journal, Gary Shapley, adviser to Treasury...more
Across the country, states and local governments are struggling to increase the availability of low to moderate income housing in their communities. Encouraging the development of such housing is a complex, multifaceted...more
Serving as counsel to a private school board, I had the chance to join their recent retreat, and I think it went pretty well. I gave a talk on fiduciary responsibility, what it means for the board, how it shapes every...more
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A recent privacy rights development could have major implications for any school or non-profit that has a website, as a Michigan federal court gave the greenlight for a video privacy protection lawsuit to proceed against...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this episode marks the 25th in our series of "Nonprofit Quick Tip" episodes, which focus on the details of state registration for nonprofit...more
Join Dickinson Wright's Charlie Spies and Jonathan Koch as they discuss the changing landscape for political and policy advocacy with 501(c)4 organizations....more
On October 15, 2025, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the Trump administration plans to install administration-friendly officials in the IRS Criminal Investigative Division (IRS CI) to investigate left-leaning...more
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Recent changes to the tax code—enacted through the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill—will significantly alter the way both individual and corporate donors approach charitable giving. These updates, effective for the 2026 tax...more
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In August, President Trump signed an executive order titled Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking “to improve the process of Federal grantmaking while ending offensive waste of tax dollars.” The order stated “there is a...more