Nonprofit Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-6156982009-07-18T16:32:55-04:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadNonprofitLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.com2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court Ruling Excluding Muslim Scholar on Basis of $1336 Donation to Swiss Charity With Alleged Ties to Hamas: Whose right, Obama or Cheney?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157216cdd2970b2009-07-18T16:32:55-04:002009-07-18T16:47:45-04:00Yesterday, in American Academy of Religion v. Napolitano, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling upholding the denial of a visa to a Muslim scholar on the basis of his $1300 contribution to a charity...Nonprofit BloggerPA to Civil Rights Division: Please Investigate the Swim Clubtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115711f509f970c2009-07-17T19:10:36-04:002009-07-17T19:10:36-04:00The Philadelpia Inquirer's blog, The Source, reports that Sonya Toler, executive director of the Governor's Advisory Committee on African American Affairs of Pennsylvania, has written the Civil Rights Division of the Dept. of Justice to express support for an investigation...Nonprofit BloggerTribal Charities Fairness Act Makes Good Sense and Would Help Clarify Tribal Sovereignty Issuestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115721253f6970b2009-07-17T10:59:54-04:002009-07-18T14:56:47-04:00A bill pending in Congress, The Tribal Charities Fairness Act, would take a small but significant step towards clarifying the tax relationship between the federal government and tribal governing authorities. The longstanding myopia is well described in a recent article...Nonprofit BloggerObama Turns to Nonprofit World for Another Key Appointmenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011572122060970b2009-07-17T09:58:03-04:002009-07-17T09:58:03-04:00A few days ago we reported that President Obama picked a nonprofit health care provider as Surgeon General nominee. Yesterday Obama selected another nonprofit worker to head the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to the New York Times: President Obama...Nonprofit BloggerSenate Considers Use of Nonprofit Health Care System, Rather than Government, to Provide Universal Health Care: Random Thoughtstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115711b1acf970c2009-07-17T06:30:00-04:002009-07-17T06:30:00-04:00According to the New York Time's political blog, The Caucus, senators considering the massive 615 page "Affordable Health Choices Act", are debating whether to use nonprofit health care providers, rather than a government run system, to serve the uninsured: Senator...Nonprofit BloggerFisk University Wins On Appealtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115711af5c5970c2009-07-16T17:52:41-04:002009-07-16T17:52:41-04:00In 1949 Georgia O'Keefe donated the Stieglitz Art Collection to Fisk University. The collection includes art by O'Keefe, her husband Alfred Stieglitz, other American artists, and European artists including Cezanne, Picasso, and Renoir. Several years ago, faced with financial difficulties,...Nonprofit BloggerYankees and Charity Work: Hope Weektag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115720efcb4970b2009-07-16T14:37:14-04:002009-07-16T14:51:02-04:00It's baseball season, and I'm a Yankees fan, so it seems appropriate to report that the Yankees will engage in Hope Week next week. The new project, added to the other charitable activities ball players routinely do, will have every...Nonprofit BloggerMore Nonprofit/For Profit Collaborationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115720eed91970b2009-07-16T14:25:30-04:002009-07-16T14:25:30-04:00Today's New York Times has an interesting story about nanotechnology. As someone who gets hopelessly confused by basic science concepts, I have trouble understanding the nanotechnology part of the article, but it sounds like some folks have figured out some...Nonprofit BloggerExecutive Pay Too High?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157115e4ee970c2009-07-15T18:03:36-04:002009-07-15T18:03:36-04:00The Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU Healthcare, a union of resident physicians, recently delivered a letter to NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, asking that the AG's office review executive compensation paid by the nonprofit St. Barnabas hospital. The hospital faces...Nonprofit BloggerMore on Discrimination Lawsuits Against Swim Clubtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571159d13970c2009-07-15T16:38:45-04:002009-07-15T16:38:45-04:00Yesterday's blog noted that a group of parents planned to file a federal racial discrimination lawsuit against the Valley Swim Club but neglected to report that one lawsuit has already been filed by a parent. Today's story in the Philadelphia...Nonprofit Blogger"Cash For Clunkers" Hurts Charities Devoted to Providing Transportation for the Poortag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115720a2ae7970b2009-07-15T15:49:42-04:002009-07-15T17:07:00-04:00A few years ago, there was a big brouhaha about vehicle donations. People were donating old jalopies to charities and taking full blue book value charitable contribution deductions even though the cars were worth far less, usually as evidenced by...Nonprofit BloggerPhilly Nonprofit Under Scrutinytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011572048333970b2009-07-14T15:03:45-04:002009-07-14T15:06:04-04:00The other big story in Philadelphia today is that former State Senator Vince Fumo will be sentenced today on corruption charges. A side story, but an important one, is that part of Fumo's political empire, when there was an empire,...Nonprofit BloggerValley Swim Club Update - Federal Lawsuit?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115710fcbdd970c2009-07-14T14:42:39-04:002009-07-14T14:42:39-04:00The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that the Creative Steps day camp and about 45 families of campers may file a federal discrimination lawsuit against the Valley Swim Club. As reported yesterday, the Valley Swim Club voted to invite the day...Nonprofit BloggerObama Nominates Nonprofit Health Care Provider for Surgeon General: Not all Nonprofit Health Care is Aliketag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01157203a4bc970b2009-07-14T12:33:29-04:002009-07-14T12:34:22-04:00President Obama's Surgeon General nominee, Dr. Regina Benjamin (shown above) is probably much more a representative figure for what tax exempt nonprofit health care should be than are the larger, incredibly wealthy academic medical centers that are usually skewered by...Nonprofit BloggerMore Evidence of trend towards increased local taxation of Nonprofitstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0115710ebe62970c2009-07-14T11:29:12-04:002009-07-14T11:29:12-04:00Another state court has imposed local taxes on nonprofits, providing more evidence that state and local governments are looking greedily towards nonprofits as means to shore up budget deficits. In Wisconsin, a Wukesha County Judge ruled, after a three year...Nonprofit BloggerProvidence Considering Taxing Private Colleges and Nonprofit Hospitalstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571ff2ab3970b2009-07-14T07:00:00-04:002009-07-14T09:51:47-04:00A new wrinkle is emerging in the state law trend to impose PILOTS on tax exempt instituions in a quest to make up budgetary shortfalls. Now, local municipalities are getting into the act. According to the Providence Journal, the Providence...Nonprofit BloggerValley Swim Club Invites Minority Campers Backtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571ff098f970b2009-07-13T17:05:01-04:002009-07-13T17:05:01-04:00Just so I am not accused of printing the sensationally bad but not the good or decent, I wanted to inform readers of an update to my post regarding the Valley Swim Club in suburban Philly. At a "hastily called"...Nonprofit BloggerABA CLE on Director Liabilitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571fec51a970b2009-07-13T15:22:50-04:002009-07-13T15:22:50-04:00The Business Law Section of the ABA will hold a teleconference and live audio webcast on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 1:00 Eastern time, titled: Responsibilities and Duties of Directors of Nonprofits: How to Limit Your Liability The CLE is free...Nonprofit BloggerAIG Bonus Fund Stays in Foundationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571febdbd970b2009-07-13T15:10:26-04:002009-07-13T15:10:26-04:00Some years ago, Starr International Company was created, its assets used primarily to pay bonuses to employees of AIG. The boards of the two companies - AIG and Starr - were the same, and Maurice R. Greenberg headed both companies....Nonprofit Blogger Joint Venture for Affordable Housingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef011571feab32970b2009-07-13T14:42:57-04:002009-07-13T14:42:57-04:00Nonprofit Moorestown Ecumenical Neigborhood Development, Inc., a New Jersey nonprofit organization, and Conifer Realty, a development company have teamed up to create an affordable-housing development with 104 units, wetlands, trees, and a lake. MEND had the community experience and Conifer...Nonprofit Blogger