Insider Transaction Traps for the Unwary
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Insider Transactions and Nonprofits
Nonprofit Basics: International Grantmaking Part 3 -Special Rules for Private Foundations
Nonprofit Basics: International Grantmaking – Part 2 Income Tax Withholding Rules
Nonprofit Basics: International Grant Making - Part 1 Overview and Antiterrorism Rules
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Navigating the Complex Rules That Describe a Public Charity
REFRESH: Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 2
REFRESH: Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 1
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in North Carolina and South Carolina
Nonprofit Basics: Scholarship Grant Program IRS Approval Requirements
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Private Foundation Advocacy
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities - Legislative Lobbying and Advocacy Rules for Public Charities
In the Weeds With New Supporting Organization Regulations
Understanding the Form 990-PF With Guest Tracy Hom
Loot and Private Foundation Rules - Part 2
Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 1
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 3: Private Foundation Approaches to Policy Advocacy Allowed by the Internal Revenue Code
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 2: Legislative Lobbying Activities by Public Charities
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 1: Candidate Campaign Intervention
Nonprofit Basics: Navigating the Complex Rules That Describe a Public Charity
On May 12, 2025, the Republicans from the House Committee on Ways and Means released an updated draft tax bill. Several of the provisions in the draft would affect tax-exempt organizations. The bill will almost certainly...more
This week, the US House Ways and Means Committee released tax legislation that includes several provisions relevant to tax-exempt organizations....more
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this episode is a "refresh" of episode 32, recorded in March 2023. It covers the Internal Revenue Code sections pertinent to business...more
Many of our clients are interested in engaging in global philanthropy. These individuals often want to benefit charitable causes outside of the United States while still being able to maintain an income tax deduction for...more
Many successful business owners attribute some part of their success to their community. For some of these owners, it is not enough to simply acknowledge this “debt”; they feel an obligation to share some of their financial...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and today's episode is the third in a series of several critical compliance topics relevant to international grantmaking by U.S. public charities...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. Today's episode is the second in a three-part series addressing several critical compliance topics relevant to international grantmaking by U.S. public charities and...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is the fourth "refresh" of several original episodes published in the summer of 2022. As we near the end of summer, it's a good time to...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In this episode, we refresh EO Radio Show episode 22, the second of our two episodes exploring private foundation rules using commentary on the comic Apple TV+ series...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In this episode, I'm happy to refresh EO Radio Show episode 21, the first of our two episodes exploring private foundation rules using the Apple TV+ series Loot,...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. Episode 75 is the tenth in a series of Quick Tip episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. Today, Cynthia Rowland and Joe...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In this episode, Cynthia Rowland focuses on IRC Section 4945(g), which provides an exception for grants to individuals so that the penalty taxes for such grants won’t...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. Here we are, solidly in the 2024 election year, and that means that private foundations need to refresh their understanding of election year issues for organizations...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. As most listeners are undoubtedly aware, 2024 is an election year, and that means that charities and private foundations need to refresh their understanding of...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and today’s episode discusses highly technical Supporting Organization rules for public charity qualifications for charitable organizations. Last...more
Welcome to EO Radio Show. This nonprofit basics episode is intended to help a founder of a new charity to navigate the complex rules that describe a public charity. Many people think that the designation 501(c)(3) means an...more
On March 1, 2022, the IRS published its 129-page Exempt Organizations Technical Guide TG 62 Excise Taxes on Taxable Expenditures. While not authoritative or controlling, the guidance addresses in great detail the definitions...more
IRS revises Form 1024, Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(a) or Section 521 of the Internal Revenue Code, as part of ongoing efforts to improve service - As part of ongoing efforts to improve...more
IRS Revising Form 1024 to Allow for Electronic Submission - As part of an ongoing effort to improve service for the tax-exempt community, the IRS is revising Form 1024, Application for Recognition of Exemption Under...more
The world is increasingly a global community, and this phenomenon is equally visible in sports as in the business and social arenas. With professional sports leagues spanning national borders in Major League Baseball, the...more
Update on Mandatory Electronic Filing for Form 4720 by Private Foundations - Section 3101 of the Taxpayer First Act requires certain exempt organizations to file information and tax returns electronically for tax years...more
IRS webinar: File Error-Free Form 1023-EZ - The Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division invites you toregister for the free File Error-Free Form 1023-EZ webinar on Thursday, February 4, 2021; 1 p.m. Eastern Time....more
?In remarks at the NYU Tax Controversy Forum on June 18, 2020, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials indicated that the agency is analyzing the use of private foundations for tax planning. Ms. Tamera Ripperda, who is the...more
Employers are looking for ways to assist employees and their dependents experiencing financial hardship due to the Coronavirus. One potential tax-advantaged method is the use of an existing or newly formed employer-sponsored...more
The IRS is revising Form 1023, Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and its instructions, to help charities apply for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Effective January...more