Tag: Nonprofits

Md. ToolBank rents equipment to nonprofits

Lizzy McLellan · March 8, 2014 9:53 am

President Barack Obama laughs as he is introduced by Christian Champagne, 18, a senior at Hyde Park Career Academy in Chicago, during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, to promote his "My Brother's Keeper" initiative. Joined at the White House by young men of color, Obama on Thursday was calling on America's businesses, philanthropists and government leaders to join forces to put more boys on a path toward successful lives. Foundations were to announce pledges to spend at least $200 million over five years to promote that goal as Obama launches his "My Brother's Keeper" initiative. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Obama launches effort to help black, Hispanic young men

Meghashyam Mali · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Nonpartisan voter education and registration drives have long been recognized by Congress and the IRS as permissible activities for nonprofit social welfare organizations. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: IRS draws a ‘very deep and troubling line in the sand’

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Ohio AG says horse rescue charity misappropriated funds

Bryan Cohen · February 24, 2014 8:12 pm

In November, the IRS announced that it would completely transform the 501(c)(4) classification used by groups organized for the purposes of "social welfare." (Thinkstock)

Don’t let the IRS silence critics of President Obama’s policies

Rep Tom Price · February 23, 2014 5:00 am

One Fund Boston gets its first executive director

Washington Examiner · February 20, 2014 9:16 pm

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a floor speech Thursday that Democrats are trying to shut everyone else out of the political process. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

IRS gearing up to target more conservatives in 2014 elections, Mitch McConnell says

Joel Gehrke · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

Universities across the country are distancing themselves not just from American Studies Association's boycott of Israeli academics, but from the ASA itself. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Cornell law professor challenges academic group’s tax-exempt status over Israel boycott

Charles Hoskinson · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Big Labor big backers of GOP moderate group

Sean Higgins · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

An AmeriCorps volunteer hands out Red Cross informational flyers on how to return to flooded homes, in Vicksburg, Miss., in May 2011. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

AmeriCorps parent agency dawdled while nonprofits bilked feds

Luke Rosiak · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Assistant Treasury Secretary Mark Mazur said that the proposal, to be submitted for public comment later Tuesday, was a "first step" in clarifying "clear-cut definitions of political activity" for political nonprofits.

Obama administration moves to limit campaigning by political nonprofits

Joseph Lawler · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

The General Services Administration has released 13 years of federal contract data. (Thinkstock)

Sunlight Foundation wins FOIA lawsuit for federal contracts

Michal Conger · November 21, 2013 5:00 am