Different types of organizations are increasingly collaborating on lobbying, voter engagement, and other advocacy activities, but they need to be aware of the rules governing organizations with different tax-exempt statuses. If your organization wants to engage in coalition work with multiple types of tax-exempt organizations, this workshop will help explain how different types of nonprofit organizations can work together while staying in compliance with the law.
Participants will learn:
- The different roles of 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s, unions, and political organizations;
- The federal tax rules affecting how these organizations can work together;
- The legal separations necessary between affiliated organizations, such as funding and fundraising constraints; and
- Permissible joint activities of different types of nonprofits, including election-year activities.
