On October 15, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert to help financial institutions identify and report potential Iranian abuse of religious charity networks. That includes the diversion of religious tithes known
It’s been a 3 year absence for me at an Independent Sector-led annual conference, and I’m very happy to have returned for Independent Sector’s National Summit of 2026: The Future We Build Together. Below is a recap of some
Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector trends, and emerging issues affecting the nonprofit and philanthropic ecosystem, including those related to
With the exception of the deeply disappointing vetoes of the trio of critical grantmaking-reform bills, it was a successful year for the 2026 legislative wish list of the California Association of Nonprofits. See Legislation Tracker.
Now that the time
Here are some of the highlights from the first two American Bar Association Exempt Organizations Committee sessions held on October 6 as part of the ABA Virtual Fall Tax Meeting. As with all of our posts capturing highlights of events,
Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector trends, and emerging issues affecting the nonprofit and philanthropic ecosystem, including those related to
Dr. Brandon Philips teaches a course to MPA and MPP students.
Whether you’re interested in public service, government, administration, nonprofit leadership or shaping public policy, the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law offers two master’s programs that can
A few years ago, there was a push to create nonprofit, tax-exempt NIL collectives, putatively tax-exempt organizations that collected donations and then used those donations to pay college athletes.
The IRS eventually looked at NIL collectives and determined that
The Supreme Court Justice Manoj Misra has recused himself from hearing a batch of review petitions filed by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Mumbai, challenging the Court’s verdict recognising ISKCON Bengaluru as an independent legal entity and the
For the charitable-nonprofit community in California, the 2026 legislative proceedings in Sacramento were busy but uneven in terms of wins and losses.
Early in each calendar year, the California Association of Nonprofits designates a relatively small number of proposed bills
