Valuing and Acknowledging Donations
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I recently attended a webinar conducted by John Taylor of John H. Taylor Consulting providing updates on IRS rules on acknowledging charitable giving. Neither Taylor nor I are lawyers and there are a lot of subtleties and exceptions when it comes to tax law. There were a number of interesting things Taylor mentioned that are worth being aware of, if only to serve as a conversation starter with your accountants and attorneys. Perhaps the thing ...
What Is A DUNS Number And Why Do I Need It?
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If you have ever applied for a grant, especially from an entity or program receiving funds from the federal government, you have likely been asked to provide your organization’s DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) number. You may also wonder why you need to set one up. A DUNS number has the same number of digits as your employer ID number (EIN). If your organization doesn’t have one, you may also wonder why you need to ...
It’s Here! The 2017 Digital Marketing Benchmark Study
It is one of the best times of year! Capacity Interactive has published their most recent Arts Industry Digital Marketing Benchmarking Study findings. In looking at these findings year-over-year, it is interesting to see what has changed and what hasn’t. I highly recommend that you download the report for yourself, but here are some tidbits I found particularly interesting: We asked how organizations are informing their new site designs and found that, overall, patron-focused and ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…