Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [Politics] Restrictions on Charitable Organizations (Stupid ones)

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 12/1/05, Christian M. Cepel <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> I perhaps am wrong.  This is how it was explained to me by two
> dissimilar folks.  Their explanations matched exactly.  Further, they
> were both saying it in reference to our church's finance manager and his
> reluctance to allow the church perform in the gray area of the law.
> Part of his reason for this is because he is an MU professor teaching
> exactly these topics.

The rules are usually very tricky, so I know a lot of non-profits and
churches "play it safe".  In many cases, checks are supposed to go to
the church or non-profit itself, with (to use your example) "Honduras
orphans" on the memo line.  Now the church is perfectly free to follow
the suggestion on the memo line or reject it, since it isn't legally
binding.  Meanwhile, this doesn't necessarily end the potential grief,
since there are some things non-profits and religious institutions are
not allowed to do with their (tax-free) funds, and not all of those
are completely obvious, either.

jking

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