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The Iowa Museum Association will honor
Willard "Sandy" Boyd with its inaugural Leadership Award on October 22. Boyd is founder of the Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center and president emeritus of the University of Iowa.
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The Iowa Nonprofit Employee Benefits Survey 2012 has been released. The Employee Benefits Committee of the Governor's Nonprofit Project conducted the survey this summer. Read the survey report. Read the survey questions and breakdown of responses.
INRC Director Richard Koontz was quoted in a September 7 article in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. The article was about volunteerism in Iowa. Read it at http://thegazette.com/2012/09/07/time-is-money/
Don't forget the
2012 Iowa Nonprofit Summit November 7 and 8 at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. Early registration has ended, but on-site registration will be available. For information, go to
http://www.regonline.com/npsummit2012Nominations are open for the
Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame. Each year the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service invites nominations for this prestigious state-level honor. Nominations must be postmarked by November 9.
The National Center for Charitable Statistics recently launched an updated Website that features quick access to a variety of resources. See it at
http://nccs.urban.org/
The Nonprofit Management Academy is being offered by Iowa State University Extension. One-day sessions are offered through November 2012.
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Are you affiliated with a
nonprofit that has lost its tax-exempt status?
Requirements and fees that the IRS temporarily reduced to assist nonprofits in regaining tax exempt status will come to an end on December 31, 2012. The IRS has a brief YouTube video explaining how to regain your status if you failed to file a 990 form on time. See it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdrI1Swt1eIRecent Reports
The
Iowa Nonprofit Employee Benefits Survey 2012 and
questions with a breakdown of responses has been released. The Employee Benefits Committe of the Governor's Nonprofit Project conducted the survey this summer.
Iowa ranks
second in the country in volunteerism with 37.9 percent of Iowans devoting
time to help others. The
Iowa Commission on Volunteer
Service cited the 2010 ranking upon release of a report by the Corporation for National
and Community Service.
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The
Exempt Organizations area of the
IRS has
released its
2011 Annual Report & 2012 Work Plan highlighting information of particular interest to
tax exempt and government entities.
