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Recently, a community foundation contacted the Council regarding a recommended grant from one of its funds. This fund, a donor advised fund (DAF), had been established by an organization, but had designated a specific individual to make grant recommendations. While it was the advisor’s job to…
September 24, 2012
The Department of Treasury and the IRS issued proposed regulations applicable to private foundations seeking to make grants to foreign organizations using equivalency determinations. The guidance broadens the range of professionals on whose written advice a private foundation…
News from the Hill
Ways & Means Subcommittee Holds Hearing on University Endowments
As our readers will recall, we reported last week that the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee was set to hold a hearing to scrutinize college and university endowments this week.
The hearing, featuring…
Grantmakers searching for more detailed information about the charitable status of their potential grantees may find the answers they need in the IRS Select Check tool.
This IRS online search tool allows the user to:
(1) search the IRS public charity list, known as IRS Publication 78,…
Program Eligibility
To be eligible for the Career Pathways program, applicants MUST:
Be an employee of a grantmaking organization, foundation, or a philanthropic institution
Have at least 5 to 7 years of mid- to senior-level experience
Have a serious interest in a senior and/or…
Council correspondence to Treasury Department to make equivalency determination easier.
Things to do NOW – “An Ounce of Prevention...”
Review your organization’s activities – seems simple and basic, but the IRS will be certainly asking about them and the audit context is not the time to learn about someone’s pet project for the first time. Do you have documentation to establish…