Welcome to your daily briefing on nonprofit developments in Alabama. Today we're covering 6 key stories including updates on alabama nonprofit headlines, background & context. Let's dive in.
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The Alabama Law Foundation makes grants each year to support law-related charitable projects that help ensure the future of law in the state.
Nonprofit professionals in AL working on legal education, access to justice, or law-related initiatives may find a funding opportunity aligned with their mission.
The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham offers grants to nonprofits serving Blount, Jefferson, Shelby, and St. Clair Counties to advance its vision for a just, prosperous, and unified region.
This gives Alabama nonprofit professionals in the greater Birmingham area access to funding that supports organizational growth and regional impact.
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The IRS-recommended COI policy requires (1) annual disclosure by all directors and key employees, (2) a process for review of any disclosed conflict, (3) recusal procedures, and (4) documentation in board minutes. Policies that have only the disclosure form without the review and recusal process do not satisfy the recommendation.
A weak COI policy is a Schedule L disclosure waiting to happen, and Schedule L disclosures correlate with future IRS examination selection.
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.
Form 990 is required to be made public by the filing organization on request and is indexed by ProPublica and others within weeks of filing. Sections most boards underestimate: Schedule J (top-staff compensation), Schedule L (transactions with interested persons), and Schedule O (narrative explanations that "soften" other answers). Donors and reporters read these.
Items that read fine in management's narrative often read very differently in print. Pre-filing review by a non-finance board member catches optics issues that a CFO will not.
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