GOOD NEWS FROM THE IRS

Ruling Impacts Community Foundations, Women’s Funds, and Other Public Foundations

A new ruling from the Internal Revenue Service indicates that they will allow public foundations or other public charities that have made the 501(h) election to rely on the rules that already govern grantmaking by private foundations. This is good news for community foundations and all other public charities (what most people think of as “nonprofits”) that make grants.

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COMING SOON

The Essentials of Representing Nonprofits and Foundations

Sign up for AFJ’s ten-week online seminar for attorneys, accountants and other professionals who represent tax-exempt organizations engaged in lobbying and election-related advocacy. The one-hour workshops will be held every Thursday from 2:00-3:00pm (E/T), starting on February 25, 2010. Topics to be covered include: lobbying, ballot measures, Form 990, Lobbying Disclosure Act, election-related activities, funding advocacy, and much more!

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NEW RESOURCE

The Time is Right for Leadership in Advocacy Funding

On Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Alliance for Justice and the Council on Foundations co-sponsored a session at COF’s 2009 conference, The Time Is Right for Leadership in Advocacy Funding. The discussion featured a panel of leading experts from the foundation community who have appeared in a collection of interviews co-published by Alliance for Justice and the Council on Foundations, Words to Give By: Leading Voices in Advocacy Funding.

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FOUNDATION ADVOCACY E-BULLETIN

June 2009

This issue of Foundation Advocacy Bulletin features an interview with Greater New Orleans Foundation's Albert Ruesga, AFJ's analysis of current issues affecting the sector, upcoming training opportunities and more!