Protecting Nonprofit Rights

Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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Volunteering Vacations

Nov 21, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Interesting article in the New York Times on "Volunteering Vacations".

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Senate Wraps Up Muslim Charity Inquiry, Finds Nothing

Nov 21, 2005 by Guest Blogger

From the Washington Post: The Senate Finance Committee has wrapped up a high-profile investigation into U.S. Muslim organizations and terrorism financing, saying it discovered nothing alarming enough to warrant new laws or other measures, officials said.

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Donor Advised Fund and Supporting Orgs Provisions Modified

Nov 18, 2005 by Guest Blogger

At 12:30 a.m. this morning, the Senate passed the Tax Relief Act of 2005 (S. 2020) by a vote of 64-33. The final bill contained a number of charitable reform provisions, including provisions affecting donor-advised funds and supporting organizations. Before final passage, Senators approved a title="http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Government/Charitable%20Reform%20Resource%20Center/MCG05702_xml.pdf" href="http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Government/Charitable%20Reform%20Resource%20Center/MCG05702_xml.pdf">Manager’s Amendment offered by Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) that

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FEC Exempts Blogs From Regulation Through Press Exemption

Nov 18, 2005 by Guest Blogger

From BNA: In a move hailed as freeing the Internet from regulation, the Federal Election Commission ruled Nov. 17 that a company operating "unabashedly progressive" blogs is eligible for the "press exemption" from campaign finance limits.

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Rep. Schiff Sends Letter To IRS On Church Inquiry

Nov 18, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Rep. Adam Schiff, (D-CA) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary John W. Snow and IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson on the IRS inquiry into a guest pastor's sermon at All Saints Chuch in California.

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Senate Passes Tax Relief Act with Charitable Reform Provisio

Nov 18, 2005 by Guest Blogger

From Council on Foundations: At 12:30 a.m. this morning, the Senate passed the Tax Relief Act of 2005 by a vote of 64-33. The final bill contained a number of charitable reform provisions, including provisions affecting donor-advised funds and supporting organizations. Before final passage, Senators approved a manager’s amendment offered by Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) that made changes to the donor-advised fund and supporting organization provisions.

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Financial Disclosure Bill Debated by Massachusetts House

Nov 17, 2005 by Guest Blogger

From www.thebostonchannel.com: BOSTON -- A bill requiring religious organizations to disclose their finances ran into opposition in the House after leaders of smaller religious denominations said they feared becoming "collateral damage" in the Roman Catholic church's clergy sexual abuse scandal. The bill was set to be debated by the House on Wednesday, the last scheduled day of formal debate for the year, but at the last minute the vote was put off.

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Russia May Shutter Foreign Nonprofits

Nov 17, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Russian and foreign nongovernmental organizations and foundations are scrambling to fight a draft law that they say could shutter the Moscow offices of such prominent groups as Human Rights Watch, the Carnegie Moscow Center and the Ford Foundation and bring grass-roots activism in Russia under much closer government control. For the whole scoop

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