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Form 990: What You Need to Know About Filing for Your Nonprofit

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The Form 990 Series is a specifically designed tax form that most nonprofit organizations will need to file annually. Beyond the fact that it’s a requirement, however, there are a number of other benefits to filing as well—such as increased credibility in the eyes of donors and volunteers. Which 990 Form(s) Should I File?

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Happy New Year? It depends what nonprofit “year” you’re talking about.  

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Calendar year Let’s start with the easy one. The calendar year is the one you’re used to thinking about, the one your Outlook and Google calendars use. It starts on January 1 and ends on December 31 (assuming a Gregorian calendar). The majority of nonprofits (64%) align their fiscal year with the calendar year.

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3 Easy Upgrades Can Work Wonders for Digital Donor Acquisition

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To grow your donor file, add three easy upgrades to your current acquisition plan and watch how kickstarting a better content, promotion, and conversion strategy can work wonders for your donor pipeline. Another client created a digital calendar with tips on how to care for a specific disease in each month of the year.

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End-of-Year Wrap-Up: Three Things to Take Into Your 2024 Email Campaigns

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The good news is, we don’t have a weekend 12/31 deadline for the next few years — but it still might be worth rethinking the December calendar. 05% of your file clicks through, but we’re still seeing these types of personal appeals prove to be extremely impactful. Making the match math matter Hey, those tactics still work.

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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

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Unfortunately, social sector data has also been impacted. tax-exempt organizations file annually, are a major source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the United States. These extensions result in a backlog of files for the IRS, who are also understaffed. Case in point: 990 data. IRS Form 990s, which U.S.

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Creating Financial Transparency with Your IRS 990 Series (and Maintaining Tax Compliance)

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And then there is your annual IRS 990 series filing deadline. With an ever-changing landscape of fundraising, economic conditions, and tactics for expanding mission-related programming, finding time for IRS tax reporting and filing 990 Series returns can be beyond challenging. This couldn’t be more inaccurate! and others.

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The 990s are here. Why that’s a big deal and what happens now

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tax-exempt organizations are requested to file Forms 990 with the IRS annually, sharing information about their organization’s size, location, revenue, grantmaking, etc. 2 years after the end of a given calendar year. Today we have over 800k filings for those years. Or maybe there was a landing on Mars.

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