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Charitable Purpose
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Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Limit on Speech-Related Use of Bingo Proceeds by Charities Constitutional (Fifth Circuit)
In Department of Texas v. Texas Lottery Commission, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit confirmed its earlier decision that upheld as constitutional a Texas…
Charities & Not-For-Profits Law in Australia
Statutory Definition of Charity Introduced to Parliament
By Bill d'Apice, Belinda Marsh
In our blog on 9 April 2013 we wrote that the Federal Government had released an exposure draft of the Charities Bill 2013 and Charities (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions)…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Are Scholarships for White Males a Charitable Purpose?
Following on the heels of Darryll's post yesterday about the Westboro Baptist Church and the public policy limitation on exempt status, I offer this tidbit.The Former Majority Association for Equality…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Bishop: The Low-Profit LLC (L3C)
Carter G. Bishop (Suffolk) has posted "The Low-Profit LLC (L3C): Program Related Investment by Proxy or Perversion?" on SSRN, which will be published in the Arkansas Law Review. Here is the abstract:Since…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
NEW ZEALAND—CHARITIES COMMISSION PUBLISHES INFORMATION SHEET ON SPORTS AND RECREATION ORGANIZATIONS
The New Zealand Charities Commission has updated its information sheet Charitable purpose and sports and recreation organisations. It sets out the current legal position on the charitable status of sport…
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Is Encouraging and Paying Homeless People to Get Out of Town a Charitable Purpose?
Here is an interesting story regarding the meaning of "charity" and the "charitable purpose." A Los Angeles area nonprofit organization meets its charitable goals by giving homeless people in its…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
California Nonprofit Spends Zero on Charitable Purpose in Two Out of Four Years of Operation
Yesterday's Los Angeles Times reported that a nonprofit organization founded by California’s largest union local reported spending nothing on its charitable purpose –- to develop housing for low-income workers –-…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Taehyun Jung and Dennis Young — Do Nonprofits Maximize Mission or Profits?
Two public policy scholars from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State, Taehyun Jung (web page unavailable) and Dennis Young, have posted a fascinating article, Mission-Market Tensions and…