News of coronavirus (COVID-19) is changing quickly and Nonprofit New York has a lot planned for March. The health and safety of our community is of utmost importance to us. So out of an abundance of caution, Nonprofit New York is postponing or moving online all meetings and events intended to be held in person in the month of March.
Dear Nonprofit New York community,
Original (3.5.20): Over the last month, we’ve heard a lot about the Coronavirus that is impacting communities around the world. As of today, there are several confirmed cases in New York City metro area, but the risk to New Yorkers is still considered to be low.
What’s the difference between 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s, and Political Action Committees?
501(c)(3)s are organizations with a primary charitable mission that are exempt from corporate income taxes. 501(c)(3)s cannot endorse or contribute to candidates for public office.
S.7505/A.9505 – Governor’s FY21 Public Protection & Good Government Article VII Legislation, Part UU
Position: Oppose
Date: February 20, 2020
Our organizations oppose Part UU because sections 1 and 5 would unwisely and unconstitutionally violate the longstanding confidentiality of donors to tax exempt charities, section 1-a would impose a redundant reporting requirement on certain tax exempt charities, and section 2 would tinker with a law that has already been ruled unconstitutional and would remain unconstitutional despite the amendments.
Federal
IRS guidance on reclaiming transportation UBIT taxes paid
On January 21st, the IRS issued guidance designed to help nonprofits quickly get back the money they paid in 2018 and 2019 on the now-repealed tax on nonprofit transportation benefits: How To Claim a Refund or Credit of Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) or adjust Form 990-T for Qualified Transportation Fringe Amounts.
Updated Research on the State of the Sector
In partnership with Baruch College’s Center for Nonprofit Strategy & Management (CNSM), SeaChange Capital Partners, and Funders for LGBTQ Issues, on February 6th, 2020, Nonprofit New York presented research on the current status of the nonprofit sector in New York City during a Policy Research Forum.
CAN: Campaign to Advance Nonprofits
Nonprofit New York’s Public Policy Platform
Nonprofit New York is thrilled to launch our overarching policy campaign, CAN: the Campaign to Advance Nonprofits. CAN is Nonprofit New York’s public policy* agenda, based on our Declaration of Nonprofit Rights.
Federal
Repeal of Nonprofit Transportation Tax! The Senate voted to approve two spending bills: 1) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, H.R. 1158, (which funds the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, Treasury, and general government operations at $860 billion), and 2) the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, H.R. 1865, which, as amended, repeals the 21% tax on nonprofit transportation benefits.
New Yorkers for Culture & Arts (NY4CA) is a city-wide coalition of cultural groups that believes that every New Yorker in every neighborhood should be able to engage in the life transforming, community strengthening power of culture and arts. Formed in 2018 by the merger of two existing cultural advocacy groups, we began the work of building a strong network of arts and culture groups to fight for increased funding and improved public policy supporting culture across the five boroughs.
National
.ORG Registry
Prices for nonprofit website addresses ending in .org may soon increase dramatically and censorship may become a distinct possibility because of two seemingly connected events. Earlier this year, the governing body overseeing the .org domain, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), removed price caps despite 97 percent of the more than 3,200 submitted comments expressing opposition.