In the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago, a comforting slogan went viral: “We’re all in this together.” A global health emergency had plunged the entire world into a shared cauldron of misery and devastation.
Within weeks,
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The For Purpose Law Group Blog, published by For Purpose Law Group, focuses on legal issues affecting nonprofit organizations and social enterprises. It covers topics such as nonprofit startup and tax-exempt status, governance and compliance, tax reporting, IRS audits, charitable solicitation regulations, philanthropic planning, nonprofit employment law, and accounting. The blog also addresses current challenges like nonprofit security grants, charity fraud awareness, restricted gifts management, and responses to governmental executive orders impacting the charitable sector. It provides guidance tailored to various nonprofit roles and organization types, aiming to support legal compliance and strategic decision-making within the nonprofit community.
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Group Exemptions Are Back Now After A Long Freeze
The long wait is over.
Last week, the Internal Revenue Service published the much-anticipated and greatly needed new procedures for obtaining and maintaining group tax exemptions. See Revenue Procedure 2026-8 [49 pp. PDF] (January 20, 2026); see also the companion…
There Are Already New Developments in the CA Budget Saga
“ – And so it begins…. Today, California will launch back into the perennial debate over how to spread its wealth around — and there are abundant assets to allocate.”
That was four years ago, on January 10, 2022.
A…
CA State Proposed Budget Moves Front and Center
“It’s budget season again” in California.
That’s the type of announcement that conjures up visions of bored officials and lawmakers, of “snooze fests of reviewing minutiae interrupted by periodic flare-ups of partisan temper tantrums.”
Occasionally, though, there are dramatic…
Some Early January Thoughts on the FPLG Blog for 2026
Twelve months ago, we explained: “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.…
December Fundraising Developments
Well before New Year’s Day last January 1st, there were growing concerns in the charitable community about a troubling downward trend in individual charitable giving year over year. While the total amount raised in this category had recently gone up,…
Nonprofit Security Grants: More News
The critical importance of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) is sadly validated with each tragic headline about violence at a nonprofit institution or event.
We first covered this much-sought-after source of federal financial assistance last spring. What prompted that…
Nonprofit Security Grants: Prepare Now for Next Round
Last weekend’s alarming headlines of violence here at home and around the world sadly confirm that America’s 501(c)(3)s are vulnerable targets.
Organizations, large and small, generally understand that they should regularly review and upgrade their security precautions and safety protocols…
Preliminary Report on Charity Fraud Awareness Week 2025
Ten years ago, “the idea that charities could fall victim to fraud was met with disbelief. The term ‘fraud’ had to be used cautiously, and the notion that charities were targeted seemed far-fetched.”
A decade later, the participants in a…
Restricted Gifts: A Primer
“The end-of-year giving season is a huge deal for the nonprofit sector, driving billions of dollars in the span of a month, with a vast amount of that giving coming in the final few days of December alone!”
Generally, over…