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How TIFs Impact Racial and Economic Justice at the Local Level

NonProfit Quarterly

When it comes to racial and economic justice and government taxation, federal policy tends to get the most attention. However, state and local taxation are far more damaging. However, state and local taxation are far more damaging shifting the tax burden from the well-to-do to the least well off. Lets just call it what it is.

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate Political Engagement and Maintain Public Trust

NonProfit Quarterly

Taxation with Representation of Washington , which held that the Section 501c3 prohibition of substantial lobbying was constitutional, concluding that an organization’s right to speak need not be subsidized. See Regan v.

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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

What was Freelancers Union doing for the most precarious workers, beyond its main constituency of educated professionals? Our reigning frameworks for taxation and securities don’t enable the kinds of association required. Through the organization, freelancers like me could band together and buy insurance at a group rate.

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Commentary: The Stakes in Washington For Nonprofits In 2025

The NonProfit Times

The threat of increased taxation feels more real than in decades, given how the sector has been scrutinized by Congress lately. How the nonprofit sector fares in 2025 will come down to education. Tax code changes that squeeze nonprofits for revenue are on the table once again in 2025. Prominent Washington, D.C.

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How Nonprofits and Activists Can Oppose Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”

NonProfit Quarterly

Nonprofits should help educate health systems, local officials, and businesses on the long-term costs of cutting Medicaid—social, economic, and moral.” Shapiro noted that the Republican-backed legislation currently includes cuts not only to healthcare but “cuts in funds for education” and the administration of the Social Security program.

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BDO’s Rebekuh Eley Appointed to AICPA’s Exempt Organization Taxation Technical Resource Panel

BDO

BDO is pleased to announce that Rebekuh Eley, tax senior director in Chicago and a member of the Nonprofit & Education practice, has been appointed to serve as associate member on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Exempt Organization (EO) Taxation Technical Resource Panel (TRP).

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Understanding Unrelated Business Income in Nonprofits

The Charity CFO

It’s true that due to their uniquely valuable societal contributions, such as charitable actions or educational priorities, nonprofits receive tax exemption for income from activities substantially related to their primary purpose. . This is called the unrelated business income tax, or UBIT. What is Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)?