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Calendar Year Tax Year? Your 990 Is Due

May 13, 2013

If your charity’s tax year is the calendar year, your IRS form 990 is due by May 15. Not sure if you have to file? Here’s help. The form 990 filing deadline is four-and-a-half months after the close of your fiscal year. If your fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012, then your 990 is [...]

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IRS Continues Inquiry On Charity Registration Compliance

April 8, 2013

The IRS form 990 for 2012 has been released, and it continues to inquire about your office’s compliance with Charity Registration laws in the states where you solicit donations. There have been significant changes to the form and its shorter sibling the 990-EZ. But the Charity Registration inquiries remain. Part VI, question 17 asks you [...]

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Charity Registration Matters

November 19, 2012

Complying with state laws that mandate registration before your charity solicits in a state is good business for a number of reasons. First, failure to comply can embarrass you. New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s “Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund” is a generous, well-intentioned endeavor. The website says it’s a “charitable non-profit organization” but the [...]

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Last Chance! Help Me Out & Get My Book Free

September 4, 2012

My free book offer still stands, but it ends on Saturday, September 15th. If you’re kind enough to take my 3-minute Charity Registration survey, I’ll be pleased to give you a free download of my book, Charity Registration: State-by-State Guidelines for Compliance. It costs charities as much as $299. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch [...]

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Help Me Out & Get My Book Free

August 13, 2012

I have a Charity Registration survey and I’d be grateful if you take it. If you’re involved in Charity Registration and finish the 3-minute survey, you’ll be given a link to download my book Charity Registration: State-by-State Guidelines for Compliance. It costs as much as $299. Please take the survey, and claim your book. It [...]

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IRS Filing Prompts Charity Registration Compliance

June 4, 2012

Last week I used Mary J. Blige’s foundation as an example of a noncompliant charity and opened an explanation of why it’s important to register your charity in each state where it solicits donations. Here’s a motivation I didn’t mention last week: IRS Form 990. If you’re required to file Form 990 annually, rather than [...]

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Charity Registration In The News: Mary J. Blige Foundation

May 29, 2012

Performer Mary J. Blige’s, Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now is under investigation for not filing its annual charity registration with the New York attorney general, among other things. The NY Post story doesn’t go into detail, but that’s not newsworthy. (Though I love their headline: “Mary J. Bilk.”) A search of the the [...]

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For Your Listening Pleasure: Charity Registration Demystified

January 16, 2012

In December I enjoyed the privilege of delivering a teleseminar on Charity Registration for NonProfit Direct. Thanks Marcia Bloomberg, founder, for hosting me! I carried on for 45 minutes, then there were questions. You can listen to the audio and view the slides below. Here’s what I covered: – What state Charity Registration is – [...]

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Share My Optimism For 2012

January 3, 2012

I can’t help it. I am optimistic at the beginning of each year. Join me. It feels great. In January 2010–in the depths of recession–I thought the future was bright. I always think a new year holds great promise and cannot remember being disappointed. In 2012, I’m genuinely excited to expand my keynote speaking to [...]

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The Basics of Charity Registration

November 6, 2011

I do a lot of speaking and writing to demystify the morass of state Charity Registration laws, and my blog deserves more attention on the subject. Here are a few basics. What is Charity Registration. These are the requirements in every state, and D.C., that you register with state authorities before you solicit donations in [...]

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