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Bob Ottenhoff, on 9/27/10 5:56 PM
This Saturday I did what thousands of Americans do: I attended a fundraiser for a nonprofit organization. All across America on a typical weekend, hundreds of thousands of people are participating in events to raise money. The list is long and interesting: runs of all sizes and lengths, long and short bike rides, walk-a-thons, bake sales, telethons, and flea markets─to name only a few of the more familiar ones. It’s a great combination of two American virtues: perpetual motion and a passion for wanting to do something useful. After a life time of such events, I’m gradually de-acquiring─ primarily donating─an amazing collection of T-shirts and tote bags from a slew of 10k races and public broadcasting fundraisers in particular.
GuideStar Newsletter, on 9/27/10 8:00 AM
The 10th annual edition of the GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report was released September 23, 2010. Derived from information on 149,608 individual positions at 99,590 tax-exempt organizations for fiscal year 2008, it remains the most comprehensive nonprofit compensation report available and the only large-scale analysis based entirely on IRS data.
Bob Ottenhoff, on 9/21/10 5:57 PM
GuideStar Newsletter, on 9/16/10 8:00 AM
Reprinted from IRS EO Update 2010-20, August 27, 2010, and IRS EO Update 2010-21, September 7, 2010
Kelly Kleiman, on 9/16/10 8:00 AM
Reprinted from Contributions Magazine
Larry Checco, on 9/16/10 8:00 AM
I needed to change my flight plans—and dreaded going through the process.
Gail Perry, on 9/2/10 8:00 AM
Reprinted from "115 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail"
Suzanne Coffman, on 9/2/10 8:00 AM
Did you know that nearly 52 percent—170,568, to be exact (according to the July 29, 2010, IRS master file of exempt organizations)—of charities that file Form 990 and 990-EZ have fiscal years that end in December? Which means it’s budget time for these organizations.
