Thursday, March 7, 2019 from 1-5 p.m. in #402 J.C. Penney Conference Center (on the UMSL north campus)

You go to work each day hoping that what you do is making a difference. But how do you know the hard work you and the staff of your nonprofit organization are doing is having a positive impact and achieving your mission? This class is oriented toward program staff and leadership as they seek to implement and manage successful programs. It will provide an overview of approaches to assess program impact including logic models, and questions to think about when considering whether programs are effective. Class activities will include small group and hands-on exercises.

Instructor Jama Dodson has spent much of her career in non-profit program and executive management roles with a particular interest in services for children and youth.  She came to St. Louis from Rochester, NY in 2000 to establish

TE/GE is pleased to announce the release of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Fiscal Year 2018 Accomplishments Letter that:

• Contains information on TE/GE’s contributions to the tax administration system
• Lists each TE/GE function’s accomplishments under the six portfolio programs of our compliance program

You may also want to review the TE/GE Fiscal Year 2019 Program Letter, which explains TE/GE’s compliance program consisting of:

Grants Research: An Introduction to Data Resources and Grant Prospect Research

Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 from 1- 4 p.m. in # 202 J.C. Penney Conference Center (on the UMSL north campus)

Successful grant research includes a review of various kinds of data like giving statistics, reports, and databases. But learning to identify, evaluate, and select data resources used in grants research can be a challenge. This course will provide participants with (a) an introduction to the process of information evaluation, (b) data resources commonly available in grant development, and (c) how to use the “Foundation Database Online Professional” database to identify and evaluate funding prospects.

Brad Smith is the Nonprofit Information Resource Manager for the St. Charles City-County Library District. In that capacity, he oversees the delivery of the Library District’s specialty services to the nonprofit community. As a representative of the Library District, he regularly provides consultation services

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today issuedinterim guidance regarding the treatment of qualified transportation fringe benefit expenses paid or incurred after Dec. 31, 2017.

The new rules assist taxpayers in determining the amount of parking expenses that are no longer tax deductible. They also help tax-exempt organizations determine how these nondeductible parking expenses create or increase unrelated business taxable income (UBTI).

The IRS acknowledges that this guidance falls late in the year and taxpayers that own or lease parking facilities may have already adopted reasonable methods in 2018 to determine the amount of their nondeductible parking expenses. Taxpayers may rely on the guidance or, until further guidance is issued, use any reasonable method for determining nondeductible parking expenses related to employer-provided parking. 

A key part of this guidance is a special rule, enabling many employers to retroactively reduce the amount of their nondeductible parking expenses. Under

Latest webcasts for charities and nonprofits

Four new presentations are available for 501(c)(3) organizations. Additional charities and nonprofits topics are onIRSvideos.gov.

• Charities and Nonprofits: A Quick Resource Guide
• Did you lose your tax-exempt status? Why it happens and how to fix it
• Easy Form 1023-EZ
• File Error-Free Forms 990

Recent IRS notices affecting Exempt Organizations

• Notice 2018-55 Tax reform imposes a 1.4 percent excise tax on the investment income of certain educational institutions.
• Notice 2018-67 An exempt organization with more than one unrelated trade or business must calculate unrelated business taxable income separately for each trade or business.

Issue snapshots

Issue Snapshots are IRS employee job aids that provide analysis and resources along with audit tips and issue indicators for technical tax issues. Visit Issue Snapshots for a complete listing of issue snapshots for Exempt Organizations.

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 from 2-5 p.m. in # 202 of the J.C. Penney Conference Center (on the UMSL north campus)

News stories about fraud and embezzlement at nonprofit organizations abound. Too many organizations find themselves dealing with these kinds of problems when an understanding of common schemes, and the implementation of relatively simple, yet important processes, procedures, and policies could protect them from many of these issues.

Join us for a discussion on how nonprofits can prevent and detect fraud within their organizations. Topics to be covered include:

• Prevalence of Fraud and Recent Examples of Fraud
• Common Types of Fraud Schemes
• Red Flags
• Preventive and Detective Internal Controls
• Investigating Potential Frauds

Instructor Christina Solomon is a Partner in Rubin Brown’s Business Advisory Services Group. As a financial forensics expert, she performs forensic accounting analysis and fraud investigations. She has provided financial consultation to businesses in a variety