Ah, thanks for the clarification. Learning the a corporate structures of other countries has been a steep learning curve, but this does make sense. You do have a lot of lobby groups, after all. :-P r.
On 23 February 2010 01:32, Mike Schinkel <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Rachel, > > > This is great stuff, really! Thanks for all the effort. > > One point of note on your non-profit "con" about political lobbying, at > least in the USA, if an organization elects 501(h) instead of 501(c)(3) then > they can lobby. Generally, organizations that make the 501(h) election under > the 1976 lobbying law may spend 20% of the first $500,000 of their annual > expenditures on lobbying ($100,000), 15% of the next $500,000, and so on, up > to $1 million dollars. > > > http://www.muridae.com/nporegulation/lobbying.html#lobbying_who_may > > > http://www.asaecenter.com/PublicationsResources/whitepaperdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=12202 > > > -Mike Schinkel > Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking > http://ignitionalley.com > > P.S. I've recently looked into this issue for another non-profit I'm > setting up. :) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
