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Nike Deals Financial Blow to Livestrong

Nike Deals Financial Blow to Livestrong

The charity won’t get the dollars or promotional muscle the sportswear company provided through its yellow athletic apparel.

Top IRS Official Defends Actions but Doesn’t Take Questions

Top IRS Official Defends Actions but Doesn’t Take Questions

Lois Lerner, who oversees applications for tax-exempt status, said she did not hide anything from Congress about the tax agency’s efforts to single out conservative groups for scrutiny.

Lois Lerner, a Top IRS Official, to Plead Fifth-Amendment Right

Ms. Lerner, who oversees monitoring of tax-exempt groups, has been accused of hiding news from Congress about efforts to single out conservative groups for scrutiny.

IRS Tea Party Scandal Could Deter Advocacy and Limit Charity Oversight

IRS Tea Party Scandal Could Deter Advocacy and Limit Charity Oversight

The disclosure that the tax agency singled out applications from conservative advocacy groups for extra scrutiny could also damage the agency’s ability to regulate nonprofits, say experts.

IRS Official Takes Tough Questions at Contentious Hearing

The four-hour session included a call for another agency official to be let go but also laid bare the confusing rules that nonprofits and the IRS have to contend with.

IRS Rationale for Tea Party Scandal Is Debunked by Data

Extra scrutiny of conservative groups began long before the surge in applications for nonprofit status, suggests an audit by the Treasury Department’s inspector general.

N.Y. to Consider Nonprofit Governance Overhaul

Board members would be required to take a more active role in fighting excessive executive compensation and discouraging sweetheart deals.

IRS Tea Party Scandal Could Cause Charity Fallout

IRS Tea Party Scandal Could Cause Charity Fallout

The news that conservative groups’ applications were singled out could hurt the agency’s ability to regulate nonprofits and scare nonprofits away from advocacy, say experts.

ProPublica Launches Online Tool to Search Nonprofit Tax Forms

A new service provides free access to a decade’s worth of data on 615,000 charities.

Cancer Charity Shrinks Its Revenue

Less than two weeks after the relief charity World Help said it had overstated its revenue by 1,400 percent, another group is revising its revenue statement, potentially by at least a third.