Tag: IRS

One way to earn a Scooby Snack: “Stay Exempt” tools clearly communicate IRS rules

May 2, 2011

Those vaguely familiar looking characters at the right aren’t from a lost Scooby-Doo episode. They’ve been freshly created by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as part of the micro site http://www.stayexempt.irs.gov, and they’re here to help you meddling kids keep your charitable status. The IRS has gotten tougher in recent years on both the organizational … More One way to earn a Scooby Snack: “Stay Exempt” tools clearly communicate IRS rules

Main Street organizations and nonprofit status

July 6, 2010

For fund development efforts, Main Street organizations have no better tool than the Internal Revenue Service’s designation as a 501 (c) 3 organization.  Lately some communities have struggled for it, trying hard to clarify the nuances of how Main Street groups pursue their goals so that they are not designated as economic development or membership organizations.  … More Main Street organizations and nonprofit status