Within the last few weeks, Congress has enacted two tax incentives that apply to nonprofits, one to reward hiring of new staff and another to help smaller organizations pay for health insurance. MNA worked extensively with the National Council of Nonprofits and our peers across the country to get these two provisions enacted. To help you understand these new laws and benefits, MNA offers you the following ... 

The National Council just issued a ground-breaking report entitled State Budget Crises: Ripping the Safety Net Held by Nonprofits. The report examines how state and local policymakers are addressing their budget deficits in ways that are threatening nonprofits.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that has confused some who are not as familiar with the important legal distinctions between different types of “nonprofits” that exist or with the differences between federal election laws that the Court changed and tax laws that the Court did not change. Therefore, to make sure nonprofits here in Montana are aware of their full legal rights – and limitations – when it comes to participating in elections, we offer the following information. 

I write to inform you of some important recent developments in our efforts to include nonprofits in health care reform. On Tuesday, Senator Baucus released his "Modified Chairman's Mark" in Senate Finance Committee...

As nonprofits across the country have been going to federal officials to discuss how health care reform plans affect nonprofits, we often hear: "Well, we hadn't thought about nonprofits as employers." I write to urge you to check out this blog posting.