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BP Oil Spill Settlements to Nonprofits: Mechanics and Lessons
Do nonprofits have a right to claim economic losses when disaster hits? In the wake of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil spill in 2010, nonprofits suffered losses just like any other businesses in the impacted parts of the Gulf Coast. The new BP oil spill settlement process for making claims of economic losses is important for the region’s nonprofits to access—and for the nation’s nonprofits to understand if and when the next man-made, BP-type calamity hits.
One Foundation Ad, Two Messages for Child Abuse
A clever advertisement sends two different messages to the viewer based on their height, aiming to reach youth impacted by child abuse.
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Few things are more loathed by the public than taxes, and our cultural models encourage us to view government as something to be resisted and our tax system as a ...
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Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the law violated a woman’s constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before the fetus is viable.
Lois Lerner to Take “the Fifth” Before House Oversight Committee
In light of her decision to take the Fifth rather than testify before Congress, the EO Division head has asked to be excused from testifying to spare herself “embarrassment or burden.”
Senate Finance Committee and the 501(c)4 Morass
At Tuesday’s hearing, the assembled senators strove to unravel the twisted story behind the allegations of “targeting” nonprofit groups by the IRS. Does the fault lie with incompetent administrators, ignorant commissioners, or a culture of political action committees taking advantage of an ill-defined statute to conceal donor activity?
LIVE BLOG: Committee On Oversight & Government Hearing
Rick Cohen is live blogging from the Committee On Oversight & Government hearing on political targeting at the IRS.
The Obama Administration’s Trend Toward Secrecy
The president hasn’t lived up to his campaign promises to lead an administration characterized by openness. The nonprofit community should stand up and lead the way, starting with 501(c)(4) donor lists.
Historic Bank Building Given to Two Nonprofits in N. Bennington
Rather than sell its19th century building in response to branch consolidation, Merchants Bank is turning it over to Vermont area nonprofits.
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