tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-35249 2010-03-18T10:25:20-05:00 News for Directors and Officers of Non-Profit Organizations. Purchase Your Copy of "Avoiding Trouble While Doing Good, A Guide for the Non-Profit Director and Officer" today. For info and to purchase, visit http://www.charitygovernance.com TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb81f53ef01310fb65cd1970c 2010-03-18T10:25:20-05:00 2010-03-18T13:16:32-05:00

DATELINE: March 18, 2010, Chicago The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today that Provena Hospital did not provide sufficient charity care to qualify for a property tax exemption. This widely watched case is likely to send shock waves through nonprofit hospitals...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/El5-sFLzW4k" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2010/03/flash-illinois-supreme-court-rules-against-provena-hospital-property-tax-exemption.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb81f53ef0120a94f60f4970b 2010-03-18T10:09:52-05:00 2010-03-18T13:28:31-05:00

DATELINE: March 18, 2010, Chicago Today’s New York Times carries a front-page story by Kevin Flynn and Robin Pogrebin entitled A Foundation Promotes Art as Well as Its Sole Trustee. That headline and the story infer scandal. Sorry, we don’t...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/mUH66Bz873U" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2010/03/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it-the-judith-rothchild-foundation.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb81f53ef01310fa20678970c 2010-03-15T10:30:14-05:00 2010-03-15T10:39:20-05:00

DATELINE: March 15, 2010, Chicago Inside the museums infinity goes up on trial Bob Dylan, Visions of Johanna We can no longer find the reference, but we recall film critic Roger Ebert pointing out that great documentaries are anything but...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/i1oMrg33NEc" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2010/03/the-art-of-the-steal-dr-barnes-challenges-infinity-and-loses.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb81f53ef01310f34c207970c 2010-02-24T10:14:53-06:00 2010-02-24T10:28:06-06:00

DATELINE: February 24, 2010, Chicago The folks in the EO division of the IRS must be unhappy today. From their standpoint, the worst of all possible worlds have collided—religion, politics and taxes. That vortex scares the hell out of IRS...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/uApt8074B9E" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2010/02/where-is-senator-grassley-and-his-senate-inquiry.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb81f53ef0120a8c4f08e970b 2010-02-22T15:42:41-06:00 2010-02-22T15:45:29-06:00

February 22, 2010, Chicago We thought we had previously written about the goings on at Florida’s Blood Centers—we certainly have included a discussion of the conflicts of interest that existed at the center in our new Webinar, which will be...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/erv_l9FNHWc" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2010/02/staff-cuts-draw-blood-at-florida-blood-centers.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb81f53ef0128779059a5970c 2010-02-11T11:23:02-06:00 2010-02-11T12:34:26-06:00

DATELINE: February 10, 2010, Chicago We have not devoted too much space over the years to planned giving products. The reason is simple: While charities and development officers may like them, to us they are just another packaged investment product....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/t5DgLchkl7Q" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2010/02/you-cant-give-something-for-nothing-oklahoma-state-life-insurance-scheme-dies-a-slow-death.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb81f53ef0120a887336f970b 2010-02-10T11:10:03-06:00 2010-02-10T11:10:03-06:00

DATELINE: February 9, 2010, Chicago Somebody reached our blog by searching the following phrase in Google: "Can you be innocent of breach of fiduciary duty, but guilty of breach of the duty of loyalty?" The answer is quite simple, NO!...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/Apq66otrpFw" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2010/02/governance-question-of-the-day.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb81f53ef0120a887130c970b 2010-02-10T10:56:43-06:00 2010-02-10T10:58:08-06:00

DATELINE: February 9, 2010, Chicago We don't always agree with Senator John McCain, but he was right to scoff at the $2.5 million that the Bureau of Census spent on one 30-second ad telecast during Sunday's Super Bowl. Glenn Thrush...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/pNwWSRyQ3zY" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2010/02/who-sat-in-the-box-at-the-superbowl-census-bureau-ad-raises-questions.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb81f53ef0120a886e318970b 2010-02-10T10:24:33-06:00 2010-02-10T10:58:45-06:00

DATELINE: February 9, 2010, Chicago As Eddie Haskell of Leave It To Beaver fame used to say whenever Wally did something dumb, “Way to go, Sam.” We’ve previously written about the ten missionaries who are sitting in a Haitian jail...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/gsEP92TAaD8" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2010/02/way-to-go-sam-when-amateurs-get-involved-in-charity-without-focusing-on-all-the-implications.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cb81f53ef0120a875b50b970b 2010-02-08T11:03:58-06:00 2010-02-08T11:18:54-06:00

DATELINE: February 8, 2010, Chicago Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have yet to pick up on last week’s Illinois primary election. One Scott Lee Cohen won the Democratic spot on the ballot for lieutenant governor. The people spoke, but the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/DaybdQ2KIX4" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2010/02/have-a-question-then-open-your-mouth.html