Welcome to your daily briefing on nonprofit developments in Missouri. Today we're covering 8 key stories including updates on missouri nonprofit headlines, background & context. Let's dive in.
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Harbor Compliance provides comprehensive solutions and free resources to help manage fundraising, tax exemption, license renewals, and other nonprofit compliance activities.
Missouri nonprofit professionals can streamline their compliance workload and reduce risk without navigating complex requirements alone.
The Missouri Foundation for Health has published current funding opportunities, resources, guidelines, and application materials including an online grant portal, FAQ, and IRS tax determination forms.
This gives Missouri nonprofit professionals a direct pathway to pursue grant funding from one of the state's major health-focused foundations.
The IRS provides Missouri-specific filing information for organizations seeking or maintaining tax-exempt status in the state.
Nonprofit professionals in Missouri need accurate state-level filing requirements to maintain compliance and avoid penalties with both federal and state authorities.
A grant resource guide highlights how Missouri's history of social activism from the 1930s through Black Lives Matter has fostered a flourishing nonprofit sector that drives community vitality yet remains underappreciated.
Nonprofit professionals in MO can leverage this context to better articulate their sector's value when pursuing funding and community support.
Simple990 provides a secure, fast, and simple online platform for filing U.S. Form 990 series notices and returns.
Missouri nonprofit professionals can reduce administrative burden and ensure timely compliance with IRS requirements using this MO-specific resource.
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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.
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.
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.
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