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Attracting Contributions from Private Foundations

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The legal and tax implications for community foundations accepting donations from private foundations, and qualifying distributions of taxable expenditures. Additional insight into converting a private foundation into a supporting organization of a community foundation.

FAQ: Supporting Organizations

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Summary A supporting organization qualifies as a public charity because it has a close relationship with another publicly supported section 501(c)(3) organization. Based on the relationship of the supporting organization to the public charity it supports, a supporting organization will be…

Provisions Affecting Supporting Organizations

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This chart outlines all provisions that affect the operations of supporting organizations.

Determining Supporting Organization Status

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Private foundations and donor advised funds must follow special rules when making grants to certain supporting organizations. Why is it important to determine if a public charity grantee is a supporting organization? Supporting organizations are a type of Section 501(c)(3) public charity.…

Guidance for Donor Advised Funds, Supporting Organizations, and Employer Disaster Funds

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This resource is a Council Summary of IRS Interim Guidance found in IRS Notice 2006-109, issued December 6, 2006, and explains steps for determining supporting organization status, and important information on the employer disaster relief fund exemption. Responding to requests from the Council…

Tax Reporting for Supporting Organizations

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Affected transactions: Returns filed for taxable years ending after August 17, 2006. Are all supporting organizations required to file Form 990? Yes. Prior to the enactment of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, public charities that normally received less than $25,000 in annual gross…

Treasury Report on Donor-Advised Funds and Supporting Organizations

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In Notice 2007-21, the Treasury Department and IRS requested comments on issues relating to the organization and operation of donor-advised funds and supporting organizations, to be included in a study of these organizations. The resulting report includes a detailed discussion of the legal…

Council Summary: Report to Congress on Supporting Organizations and Donor Advised Funds

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The Treasury Department released its report on donor advised funds (DAFs) and supporting organizations (SOs) in December of 2011. This report, mandated by the Pension Protection Act of 2006, was due in August 2007. The report is 109 pages, including appendices, and is divided into five chapters…

Changing Supporting Organization Status

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With tighter restrictions on grants to supporting organizations after the PPA, reclassifying into a public charity with fewer restrictions is an option worth considering.   Supporting organizations that meets the public support test can be reclassified as a public charity under section 509(a…

Supporting Organizations

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A Chapter in Mastering Foundation Law: The Council on Foundations Compendium of Legal Resources This chapter discusses the federal tax laws governing supporting organizations. As a result of the Tax Reform Act of 1969, private foundations receive considerably less favorable treatment under tax…

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