Welcome to your daily briefing on nonprofit developments in AB. Today we're covering 6 key stories including updates on alberta nonprofit headlines, background & context. Let's dive in.
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On December 23, 2024, the Government of Alberta launched the Alberta Nonprofit Listings Dashboard, a publicly accessible, interactive tool for viewing and exploring data on Alberta nonprofit organizations.
For AB nonprofit professionals, the dashboard offers a centralized, user-friendly way to access sector data needed for more informed organizational and program planning.
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts’ Art Acquisitions by Application program allows individual artists or artist ensembles to submit applications to have their work purchased for inclusion in the AFA Art Collection, with a deadline of April 1, 2025.
AB nonprofit professionals in arts and community organizations can use this as a local funding path to place members’ work into a permanent public collection and increase visibility for local creative programming.
Northwestern Alberta Foundation’s annual granting program supports a wide range of innovative projects and organizations across Northwestern Alberta, with grant funding aimed at strengthening more vibrant, livable communities.
For nonprofit professionals in AB, this funding stream is a direct opportunity to secure resources for local programs and community initiatives in the region.
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The streamlined Form 1023-EZ is available only to organizations meeting specific limits on projected revenue, assets, and activity types. Filing 1023-EZ when ineligible produces a determination that is technically valid but vulnerable to retroactive revocation if discovered. The full 1023 is harder to file but harder to challenge.
Loss of exemption is retroactive to the original determination, exposing the organization to back-tax liability. The eligibility checklist is the only protection.
Most states require charities soliciting donations from their residents to register before solicitation, regardless of where the charity is based. "Solicitation" includes web fundraising pages accessible to residents, not just direct mail. Compliance gaps surface during state attorney-general inquiries or unrelated litigation discovery.
Penalties range from civil fines to suspension of solicitation rights in the state. Larger consequences include negative coverage in donor research databases that fund foundation grants.
Negligent-screening claims arise not from failing to have a screening policy, but from failing to follow the policy that exists. A documented policy with inconsistent enforcement is harder to defend than no policy at all, because the deviation is evidence of negligence.
Insurance carriers tighten coverage on organizations with screening-process gaps. The cost of consistent enforcement is small; the cost of a single uninvestigated incident can close the organization.
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