Charity Governance

On Book Leave

2013-04-02T21:40:16-05:00

April 3, 2013 Jack Siegel has not been updating his blog because he has been writing a book during the last year and half. He has about 2 months worth of work to go and a 700-page manuscript. The book...

JACK SIEGEL SUBMITS COMMENTS TO NEW JERSEY REGULATOR

2011-07-26T16:16:53-05:00

DATELINE: July 26, 2011, Chicago Jack Siegel submitted comments today to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Charities Registration Unit on a proposal designed to encourage those contributing funds to charity to restrict them to particular programs. Although the...

FUZZY THINKING IN NEW JERSEY: THE LATEST ROUND OF PROPOSED FUNDRAISING LEGISLATION

2011-07-15T10:58:25-05:00

DATELINE: July 15, 2011, Chicago The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Charitable Registration Unit has offered a proposal that demonstrates the problem with the law: Too many proposed laws and regulations address problems that either don't exist or don't...

SUZANNE GARMENT AND LESLIE LENKOWSKY GET IT VERY WRONG

2011-06-23T10:40:49-05:00

DATELINE: June 23, 2011, Chicago Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky are well-known and respected people, and rightfully so. But their op-ed piece in today's Wall Street Journal--The IRS's Charity Purge--is simply wrong. The two are troubled by the IRS's recent...

THE ELEVENTH DEADLY SIN: CONGRESSIONAL MEDDLING IN IRS EXAMINATIONS

2011-06-20T15:23:16-05:00

DATELINE: June 20, 2011, Chicago House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp decided to flex his muscles when he wrote to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman demanding information about the IRS employees who decided to assert gift tax on contributions to...

THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT'S POSNER OFFERS A DECISION THAT SHOULD BE READ BY EVERY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL AFFILIATES

2011-06-01T13:37:00-05:00

DATELINE: June 1, 2011, Chicago Judge Richard Posner issued what is an important legal decision for any national nonprofit that licenses or otherwise makes its name available to local affiliates. This particular dispute was between the Girl Scouts of Manitou...

MASSACHUSETTS SENATE SEEKS TO NATIONALIZE NONPROFIT ASSETS

2011-05-31T18:15:57-05:00

UPDATE JUNE 1, 2011, Chicago Yesterday we posted on legislation (the budget) that passed the Massachusetts Senate on a fast track basis. This legislation was brought to our attention by members of the Massachusetts bar. A staff member of the...

ENABLING MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTHA COAKLEY'S AND SENATOR MARK MONTIGNY'S EFFORTS TO DICTATE TO PRIVATE NONPROFIT ENTITIES

2011-05-25T14:36:53-05:00

DATELINE: May 25, 2011, Chicago Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley knows best, which is why she and her minions in the Massachusetts State Legislature continue their crusade against compensating nonprofit directors. Now her minions want to cap... nonprofit executive pay....

THE SKY MAY BE CHICKEN, BUT WE HAVE SOME EGG ON OUR FACES

2011-05-24T18:41:13-05:00

DATELINE: March 24, 2011, Chicago Yesterday we had a little fun at the expense of the California Attorney General (see that post, reproduced below). A friend of the blog pointed out that we had overlooked an important California statute that...

DID LANCE ARMSTRONG DRINK MORE THAN THREE CUPS OF TEA?

2011-05-23T13:11:47-05:00

DATELINE: May 23, 2011, Chicago We are not regular viewers of 60 Minutes, but we just so happened to catch last night's broadcast, which raised serious questions as to whether Lance Armstrong, the winner of seven Tour de France races,...