Welcome to your daily briefing on nonprofit developments in Kansas. Today we're covering 6 key stories including updates on kansas nonprofit headlines, background & context. Let's dive in.
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The Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas maintains a grants page for funding opportunities available to area organizations.
Southwest Kansas nonprofits seeking financial support can access local grant funding through this regional community foundation rather than competing solely for statewide or national resources.
The Central Kansas Community Foundation has organized Grant Impact Reports Forms by award year and updated its Grant Agreement Process effective July 1.
Kansas nonprofit professionals can now more easily locate their required reporting forms and should review the updated agreement process before applying for or managing grants.
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Unrelated business income tax applies when an activity is regularly carried on, is a trade or business, and is not substantially related to the exempt purpose. Common surprises: corporate-sponsored events with naming rights that look like advertising, affinity credit-card royalties that include co-marketing services, and gift-shop sales of items unrelated to the mission.
UBIT exposure can cost both tax and exempt status if the unrelated business becomes substantial. The line between sponsorship (excluded) and advertising (included) is narrow and case-specific.
Donor-restricted gifts must be tracked separately and used only for the restricted purpose; using them for general operations — even with intent to "pay back" later — is a fiduciary breach and an audit finding. The most-common fact pattern: cash-flow shortage in operations, restricted-grant balance available, transfer "borrowed" with no formal repayment plan.
State attorneys general have authority over restricted-gift compliance and have pursued individual board members and executives. Auditors are required to disclose restricted-fund violations in the management letter.
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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