Questions on organizations whose surplus revenue is used to further its purpose rather than being distributed as profits or dividends, including religious entities, foundations, charities, and related questions on donations and financial dealings with these entities. For example, 501(c) organizations in the US.
Questions tagged [non-profit]
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Can I frame my app business as a nonprofit if users can choose the amount to pay to download my app?
This question is inspired by the website https://elementary.io where you can set the amount you want to pay to download the product, which is by default set to $20, and you can even set it to $0 in which case, if you look closely, the button to the…
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"Hiring" Volunteers. Has a contract been formed?
A nonprofit organisation organized a big event, which included the possibility for the participating guests to sleep in (empty) barracks for a small fee. The organization looked for volunteers to keep a night watch there, which was required for…
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Questions regarding legal aspects of John Oliver's debt forgiveness giveaway
John Oliver made news a few months ago by purchasing nearly $15 million in outstanding medical bill debt for $60,000 -- less than a penny on the dollar.
But, I read that cancellation-of-debt ("COD") is taxable income. How Oliver got around this…
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Can a non-profit organization record attendance by name without permission?
I have a GDPR question concerning a small non-profit organization. The organization is quite informal. Although it has many regular meetings, all these meetings are open to the public. As such, most of those who attend, even many regular attendees,…
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Non-profit granting rights of use of software to for-profit
we have two organizations - one for profit and one non-profit, that are related. The Non-profit benefits from use of Slack, GSuite and other tools at a discount due to the non-profit nature of the organization.
The for profit organization is…
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What is the difference between a "non-for-profit organization" and a "society" in British Columbia, Canada?
Canada has a "Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act" and British Columbia has a "Society Act". I only recently discovered that there was a "Society Act" when reading about name registration. When planning to register a name for my new…
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How to prevent non-profit from being taken over?
I am a board member of a very small non-profit (we have about 15-20 members). I have heard a real life story about how a non-profit similar to ours was taken over.
A few "new members" joined that non-profit, invited a whole bunch of "friends and…
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Can the officers of a 501(c)(7) take salaries?
According to CharityWatch the Boys and Girls Club of America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, whose CEO is salaried at over $800,000.00.
So clearly, it is legal for the CEOs/officers of a 501(c)(3) to take a salary.
What about 501(c)(7)…
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What type of organizations are exempt from EEOC regulations?
What type of organizations are exempt from EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity) regulations?
I know that very small businesses are usually exempt. How about non-profit organizations? How about federally funded non-profits?
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Does OpenAI get any tax benefits from its organization structure?
At this point most people know OpenAI, one of the hottest companies in America. It has the following strange organization structure:
My question is whether this gains them any tax benefits? Is this just another tax avoidance scheme mentioned here?
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Why would a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run its major operations in an LLC?
I was looking into the corporate structure of the Signal App, and it's very strange from the non-lawyer (IANAL) perspective.
The parent organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, but the app is developed inside of an LLC.
There's also some messiness…
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Can the board of a NH non-profit deny a stockholder a hearing before terminating their membership?
Our board would like to eject a troublesome individual from our club. The individual has requested a formal hearing but, frankly, we're not really inclined to waste our time that way. However, club members are common stock holders and we're not…
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Is it legal for non-US citizens (or lawful permanent residents) to volunteer to US non-profits from their country?
There is a reading service for the visually impaired (part of an 501(c)(3) non-profit, that also provides medical services) that accepts recordings from volunteers who read remotely. Thus state/country borders are not an issue, yet they won't allow…
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Can a U.S. non-profit only be created by members of which a majority are U.S. citizens?
This question is about creating a non-profit with (for now) just myself as a board member.
Information at the IRS website for registering a non-profit corporation includes this page with suggested language for the AoI ("Articles of…
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What laws regulate owners of fundraising websites?
Is it true that any one can set up a website for fundraising without declaring a legal entity?
For example, my church needs to raise fund for repair work, the project would cost about $40K. If I want to create a website for people to send me money…
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