From the monthly archives: April 2008

Being a social benefit

by David Grabitske on April 30, 2008 · 5 Comments · in Nonprofit Issues

 In January the blog noted in Threat to Tax Deductions that some believe that only those nonprofits that address the social good should have tax deductible status, possibly ruling out local historical organizations. In the most recent issue of The Public Historian (February 2008), the entire volume looks at “Sites of Conscience.” The forward cites [...]

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Finding Taxes

by David Grabitske on April 15, 2008 · 2 Comments · in Nonprofit Issues

A recent article on MinnPost and last year’s Rainbow Ruling both deal with taxes and nonprofits. Thankfully neither have involved local historical organizations, yet. Scott Russell writes about “Expanded definitiion of fundraisers is puzzling nonprofits” on MinnPost. Russell details how the Minnesota Department of Revenue is treating art classes provided by the White Bear Lake [...]

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Brand value for historical organizations

by David Grabitske on April 1, 2008 · 11 Comments · in Fundraising, Marketing, Nonprofit Issues

One of the concepts in business is that there is value in a good name or “brand value,” which is the difference between appraised value and purchase price. For example, the good name of sports franchise could be said to be worth $20 million, if the appraised value of the team was $200 million and [...]

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