Legal Aspects of 501(c)3 Organizations: Maintaining Tax Exempt Status Marlea Maschmeyer University of Texas Arlington Abstract This paper discusses some of the main legal restrictions that nonprofit organizations face when maintaining their 501(c)3 tax-exempt status. The full extent of boundaries is vast in scope‚ but topics explored within this paper include restrictions on endorsing candidates for public office‚ limitations on lobbying‚ restrictions on business activities‚ and excess benefit
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Differences of Accounting for Government & Nonprofit organization versus for profit business. Business accounting has always been considered by some people to be the model for government accounting. But there are differences between one and another. Government and not for profit are governed mainly by their budgets. The budget covers the governmental decisions on how to raise money and where to spend it. Traditionally the budget takes center stage and one of the most public decisions
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Characteristics and Environments of a Human Service Organization Paper Human services organizations are agencies that are created for the sole purpose of helping people‚ whether they be for profit or non-profit. There are many different types of human services organizations as well as various types of populations being helped also these agencies have a variety of services being offered. The success or failure of organizations or even particular programs is dependent upon many different factors‚
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Christian child sponsorship organizations‚ working with more than 65 denominations and thousands of indigenous church partners in Africa‚ Asia‚ Central and South America‚ and the Caribbean. Since 1952‚ Compassion’s revolutionary approach‚ through one-to-one Christian child sponsorship‚ has touched the lives of more than 2 million children. Compassion has been recognized for its financial integrity with top ratings and recommendations by several “watchdog” organizations. Compassion International provides
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and For-Profit Organizations? Submitted By: Dietrice Watkins Strayer University For: Professor Gerry Patnode Date June 21‚ 2008 Abstract Academic researchers have not found it important to attempt to complete studies based on leadership in non-profit organizations. A main problem that arises is that people tend to confuse the terms leadership and management with each other. Also leadership researchers tend to associate leadership in non-profit organizations with general
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Organizational Perspective Governmental organizations: • Amt für Soziale Dienste (Office of Social Services) Is a governmental association that provides financial aid and support for parents. • Jugendamt (Youth Welfare Office) The german Jugendamt is an advisory council for children and families. The targeted manner Consultation is provided by counseling parents in all situations for an effective participation in their social and professional life. Educative talks as well as extended childcare
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Non-governmental organization Non-governmental organization (NGO) is a term that has become widely accepted as referring to a legally constituted‚ non-governmental organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government. In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments‚ the NGO maintains its non-governmental status and excludes government representatives from membership in the organization. Unlike the term intergovernmental
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Ethical Dilemmas Facing Non-Profit Hospital CEO Compensation Ethical Dilemmas Facing Non-Profit Hospital CEO Compensation Executive Summary This essay deals with the unethical prevalence of excessive compensation packages granted to nonprofit hospital executives. Nonprofits are highly complex organizations and are vital to the community’s in which they serves. Therefore‚ it is essential for these organizations to appoint highly motivated individuals knowledgeable of the healthcare industry
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services organization is liked a uniquely approaching which the objective is meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary knowledge base‚ focusing on prevention as well as remediation of problems‚ and maintaining a commitment to improving the overall quality of life of service populations. It is a non-profit organization. Therefore‚ it heavily relies on secure and stable funding which comes from federal and provincial governments‚ donations‚ membership and user fees‚ etc. And 57% organization revenues
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weaknesses of NGOs? The essay discusses what Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are. The essay also discusses the strengths and weaknesses The term NGO is usually applied only to organizations that per sue wider social aims that have political aspects. NGOs are legally constituted organizations created by people that operate independently from any form of government. It is not possible to give a universal definition Non-Governmental Organization. According to Kane (1990: 14) gives three criteria
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