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The Ethicist
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Woods Bowman | May 3 2012
The Nonprofit Ethicist | Spring 2012
The Ethicist weighs in on clashing interests, divided loyalties, and heavy-handed foundation behavior. -
Woods Bowman | December 23 2011
The Nonprofit Ethicist | Fall/Winter 2011
According to our trusty Nonprofit Ethicist, “when it comes to ethics, if it looks bad, it is bad.” Does it look okay for the director of a social services organization to raise funds for other organizations through a side business? How about if a board chair puts himself in the running for the executive director position but doesn’t step down as chair? It looks, in the Ethicist’s words—“Bad. Bad. Bad.”
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Does My Nonprofit Need to Pay Tax? Understanding Unrelated Business Income Tax
While nonprofits are, generally, tax-exempt, they must pay income tax when operating outside the scope of their exempt purposes. But determining what are an organization’s exempt purposes is not always as clear as one might think, and distinguishing between related ...
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