Welcome to your daily briefing on nonprofit developments in Indiana. Today we're covering 11 key stories including updates on indiana nonprofit headlines, indiana nonprofit updates, background & context. Let's dive in.
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The Community Foundation of Southern Indiana now allows nonprofit organizations to apply for grants throughout the entire year rather than during limited cycles.
IN nonprofit professionals can pursue funding whenever their programs are ready, eliminating the pressure of rigid deadlines and allowing more strategic planning for community impact.
The Central Indiana Community Foundation maintains a dedicated nonprofit resources page on its website.
IN nonprofit professionals can access tools and guidance from a major community foundation serving their region.
Candid offers fully digitized, searchable Form 990 and 990-PF documents online for quick access.
Indiana nonprofit professionals can streamline due diligence, grant research, and transparency efforts using this free resource.
The Lilly Endowment is providing grants to community foundations and United Ways to enhance quality of life and prosperity for Indiana residents.
Nonprofit professionals across IN can leverage this funding stream to amplify community impact and build organizational capacity.
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The Indiana Nonprofit Database provides public access to information about nonprofit organizations operating in the state.
IN nonprofit professionals can leverage this centralized data for sector research, benchmarking, and strategic planning.
The IRS maintains a dedicated page with Indiana-specific filing information for tax-exempt organizations.
Indiana nonprofit professionals need accurate state-level guidance to maintain compliance with both federal and state requirements.
The Central Indiana Community Foundation operates a grants portal at cicf.org/grants/ for accessing its grant opportunities.
IN nonprofit professionals can explore this established community foundation as a potential funding source for their organization's programs and operations.
The Council on Foundations has published a guide to India's legal framework for nonprofits, including translated legislative provisions to help U.S. foundations conduct IRS equivalency determinations for foreign grantees under Revenue Procedure 2017-53.
Indiana foundations making or considering international grants to Indian organizations now have a structured resource to navigate IRS requirements for equivalency determinations.
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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.
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.
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.
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