The initial volley in the new Administration’s promised “shock and awe” blitz began early in the afternoon of January 20th.
Excited officials and specially chosen guests in the Oval Office witnessed the formal launch of what would be a sweeping
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Federal Funding “Pause”: Five-Alarm-Fire, Doused for Now
- “This last week has been the longest year of my life.” – social media post, Monday, January 27, 2025
Well ahead of Inauguration Day, the incoming Administration announced its strategy: a “shock and awe” blitz.
Many of us remember…
Disaster Relief: The Role of Nonprofits
The Internal Revenue Service values and acknowledges the historical role of the charitable sector in disaster relief.
Providing “… aid to relieve human suffering caused by a natural or civil disaster or an emergency hardship is charity in its most…
Important New Initiative on DAF Reform
“Simply put, we believe that U.S. charitable funds should be used to benefit the public” and not tied up in “unproductive repositories.”
That’s the mission statement of a major new initiative called Philanthropy Project formed in 2024 to “mobilize…
CA Budget Time Again: Small Surplus is Back But Catastrophic Needs Ahead
Each year, by January 10th, the California governor must release a proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year beginning in the summer.
That constitutionally mandated first step starts up a carefully regimented, six-month-long, dance between the state’s executive and legislative…
Some Early January Thoughts About Gift Acceptance Policies
Against a background of uncertainty and – perhaps – turmoil, the nation’s charitable nonprofits are now at the start of the 2025 fundraising season.
A few years ago in 2022, just ahead of the critical holiday-season rush to secure as…
Just One More Fundraising Task….
As the clock strikes midnight this New Year’s Eve, with the final 2024 charitable contributions trickling in, there is one final task for the exhausted but grateful boards and staff of the nation’s 501(c)(3) organizations.
It’s the timely delivery of…
No More “Chevron Deference”: A Primer for Nonprofits
In the final week of June 2024, the Supreme Court released the last batch of major rulings for the term.
One of these cases involved the fate of a nerdy 40-year-old doctrine in administrative law known as “Chevron Deference.” Few…
The FPLG Blog Favorites Continue
“Ten years ago, in early summer 2014,” the For Purpose Law Group “formally leaped into the blogosphere.”
It was still a relatively new phenomenon; indeed, it could not have happened at all without the magic of the rapidly…
Major Revisions to California AG’s Guide to Charities
Over the last two decades, the attorneys general of the individual states have aggressively reasserted their longstanding – but mostly dormant – power to regulate charities and charitable trusts within their borders.
Leading the pack is the Office of the…