Opinion

North Carolina hospitals profit from ‘charitable giving’

By Tanner Aliff When people think about non-profits, they tend to envision organizations like GoodWill, Habitat for Humanity, or the American Red Cross. Hardly anyone pictures a ritzy metropolitan hospital with granite fountains, marble floors, zen gardens, and huge medical bills. Yet in America, where many hospitals receive the tax benefits that come from 501(c)(3)...

Tanner Aliff
Opinion

Political left’s hypocrisy on donor privacy bill

Taxpayers deserve to know how their money is being spent, and private citizens deserve protection from government overreach into their lives. These seem like simple concepts, right? The establishment left in North Carolina seems to disagree. Progressives are performing acrobatic leaps to justify their opposition to two bills introduced this legislative session – and in...

Leah Byers
News

Coronavirus slowdown taking a bite out of charitable efforts

While Washington politicians bicker over a massive coronavirus rescue package, North Carolina businesses and nonprofits are scrambling to help patch the economy. But recent shutdowns are sapping their resources. As of Friday, March 20, 88% of nonprofits have canceled programs or events due to a loss of revenue, an N.C. Center for Nonprofits survey of...

Brooke Conrad
News

Auditor Says Most Nonprofits Complying

RALEIGH — Hundreds of state-funded nonprofit organizations that had been late filing required reports are now in compliance with the law, State Auditor Les Merritt said Monday. Merritt notified about 1,100 organizations in April that they had been late filing reports. By Friday almost 900 of them had sent the reports in, he said in a press release. After the mailings last month, Merritt’s staff followed up with phone calls explaining the state's reporting requirements, he said.

CJ Staff

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