Who Gets Your Charitable $$$? And How?

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 If your organization has tax-exempt status, there are new issues looming for your board to consider. Tax-exempt status is under greater scrutiny than ever (see Can You Defend Your Tax-Exempt Status? all members and The Taxman Cometh: How To Demonstrate Your Charity Care & Protect Your Tax-Exemptions ) by legislators and policymakers. An organization's ability to provide "free" services has become the "gold standard" for demonstrating "community benefit" and justifying tax exemption. But giving away free service is not as easy as it sounds. Each organization must decide how much free service . . .