To Recruit Younger Workers, Charities Must Call Attention to Values, Report Says
To recruit younger workers, call attention to values, report advises
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Volunteers Fail to Return to Many Charities, a New Study Finds
Charities need to do a better job keeping their volunteers engaged and loyal, say the authors of a new report released by the federal government. The report, from the Corporation for National & Community Service, says that more than one out of every three people who volunteered in 2006 did not do…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
26% of Americans Volunteer, New Study Finds
Charities need to do a better job keeping their volunteers engaged and loyal, say the authors of a new report released today by the federal government. The report, from the Corporation for National and Community Service, says that more than one out of every three people who had volunteered in 2006…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Boy Scouts Sue Philadelphia in Dispute Over Membership
A local chapter of the Boy Scouts has sued the City of Philadelphia, saying the city violated the charity’s constitutional rights by telling the scouting group to stop banning gays and atheists from its ranks or start paying market-rate rent on its city-owned offices. The Boy Scouts chapter had…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Photograph © 2008 Playworld Systems ® Inc.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
IRS Reminds Small Groups of ‘e-Postcard’ Deadlines
The Internal Revenue Service is reminding the smallest nonprofit groups about their deadlines to comply with a new federal requirement to file annual informational returns. Tax law requires nonprofit groups with $25,000 or less in annual revenue to file the new Form 990-N, known as an “e-postcard,”…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Midsize Charities Urged to Set New Board Policies
The governing boards of midsize nonprofit groups ought to carefully set criteria for board membership, ALSO SEE: TABLE: How Nonprofit Chief Executives Rate Their Boards on Key Tasks encourage all members to influence the board’s focus and agenda, and better monitor their own performance, according…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
IRS Offers Second Chance to Tardy Charities
The Internal Revenue Service plans to give a second chance this year to charities in jeopardy of ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Putting Charity to the Test losing their tax-exempt status for failure to file their informational tax return, called the Form 990. The new program would allow organizations to file…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
As the Internal Revenue Service signals that it plans to take a more-aggressive approach ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: IRS Offers Second Chance to Tardy Charities to making sure the nation’s nonprofit organizations are not hoarding or wasting money, numerous charity officials and legal experts are worried…
By Debra E. Blum and GRANT WILLIAMS
Legal Clinic Is National Leader in Juvenile-Justice Matters
More than 30 years ago the Juvenile Law Center started as a free, walk-in legal clinic that served mostly ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Leaving Hard Time BehindARTICLE: Charity Works to Transform Lives by Transforming Youth-Correctional Facilities runaways, truants, and delinquent kids in this city. It has…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor