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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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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!

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Unlocking the Power of APIs: The SKY is the Limit!

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Back to that summer of 2020, I had a calendar script running that populated student and teacher Google calendars with their class schedules. The process required creating several Advanced Lists in Blackbaud SIS/LMS that detailed course lists and student enrollment and exporting them as a.csv file and importing them into my script.

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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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Six things you may not know about the U.S. social sector

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The social sector is the domain of private action for public good. For instance, social businesses sell products, make profits, and are usually not tax exempt, but they also operate for the public good. Religious and human services organizations are the most common types of 501(c)(3) public charities.

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990 Forms: Learn the Differences for Your Nonprofit

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Between the dozens of responsibilities that crop up within the course of running a nonprofit organization—from cultivating donors to event planning—filing tax returns probably isn’t at the top of your list of priorities. Tips to Keep in Mind for Filing Form 990. Allows for further public transparency and accountability.