Most Recent Nonprofit Advocacy Matters

The most recent edition of the National Council of Nonprofits’ Nonprofit Advocacy Matters features several entries that may interest readers, including those addressing the following:

• The status of proposed legislation to permanently extend expired charitable giving incentives
• Passage by the Illinois General Assembly of a bill to align state grant procedures with the federal government’s recently modified guidance promulgated by the Office of Management and Budget
• PILOT initiatives in Massachusetts
• An update on government-nonprofit contracting reforms
• A resolution by the Bethany Beach, Delaware City Council requiring organizations conducting charity fundraising events in public facilities to transfer at least 60% of gross revenue to charity.

 This last one is quite intriguing.  The story elaborates:

The 60 percent threshold reportedly is based on Charity Watch’s recommended percent of donations nonprofits should spend on mission-advancing programs. Interestingly, Daniel Borochoff, president of Charity Watch, encouraged the town to establish better disclosure requirements rather than regulate the percentage directed to charities, which he correctly observed is constitutionally suspect.

 JRB