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EO Radio Show

Farella Braun + Martel

Welcome to EO Radio Show, Your Nonprofit Legal Resource, brought to you by the Exempt Organizations Group at Farella Braun + Martel. My name is Cynthia Rowland. I"m a business and tax partner at Farella with more than 30 years of experience advising clients on non-profit and charity law. I help philanthropists, including private individuals as well as for-profit and nonprofit organizations, who wish to make the world a better place. Through this podcast, our lawyers and guests will discuss a

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151: Charities Exiting California: Paperwork,...

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2026/03/30

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is episode 151 of EO Radio Show. Today, I'm joined by my colleague, Joe Hilliard, for our review of the common pitfalls charities and foundations face when withdrawing from the California Registry of Charities and Fundraisers. That Department of the AG's office was previously known as the Registry of Charitable Trusts. By way of background, a California nonprofit corporation that decides to cease operations and

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150: 2026 IRS Dirty Dozen: Key Scams to Watch For

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2026/03/23

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. Each year, the IRS publishes a Dirty Dozen list of fraud schemes targeting unsuspecting taxpayers. Seven of the items on the IRS's 2026 list are of particular interest to nonprofit organizations, their donors, and their professional advisors. In this episode of EO Radio Show, episode 150, I provide a quick highlight of these schemes. A link to the IRS's full Dirty Dozen list is in the show notes. Show Notes: Dirty Dozen tax scams for 2026:

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149: Grantmaking Due Diligence: A Risk-Based Approach...

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2026/03/16

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and episode 149 of EO Radio Show provides a checklist for developing or improving the diligence checklist for grantmaking charities. Some grantmakers do little more than check the IRS database to confirm that the grantee is recognized as a public charity. Others require reams of information from the grantees. What is the best approach? Well, as we lawyers always like to say, it depends. What I'm trying to do in this

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148: REFRESH Election Year Issues for Private...

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2026/03/09

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is episode 148 of EO Radio Show. Here we are, solidly into the 2026 election year, and that means private foundations should refresh their understanding of election‑year issues for organizations that want to remain exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3), and avoid the onerous private‑foundation excise taxes that come into play if a private foundation uses its funds for impermissible legislative

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147: REFRESH Election Year Issues for Private...

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2026/03/02

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is episode 147 of EO Radio Show. As most listeners are undoubtedly aware, 2026 is an election year. Charities and private foundations should refresh their understanding of election‑year issues to remain exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). This week's episode is a refresh of the show's episode 7, originally released in 2022. Today's focus is on allowable educational and advocacy activities for

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146: Election Year 2026: A 501(c)(3) Compliance...

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2026/02/23

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. We're starting 2026 the way I always start election years, with a reminder to leadership of charities and private foundations to refresh their understanding of election-year issues for those organizations that want to remain exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). This year, there is an update I want to call out regarding a court case in Texas and proposed federal legislation that could change the scope of the prohibition on

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145: Top 10 Compliance Best Practices for Nonprofits

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2025/12/15

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and as 2025 draws to a close, it seems to me that this is a good time to share my year-end thoughts on important annual governance responsibilities and to also check in on other housekeeping that busy nonprofits sometimes overlook. These could be a good start for nonprofit leaders to add to their to-do list in the coming year. I hope you'll find this episode helpful food for thought as you think about where your

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144: Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Kansas and...

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2025/12/08

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this episode marks the 26th in our series of "Nonprofit Quick Tip" episodes, which focus on the details of state registration for nonprofit corporations. Today, with the help of Joe Hilliard, we look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Kansas and Missouri. With the addition of these two states, we have covered all the domestic jurisdictions for the incorporation of domestic

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143: REFRESH Loot and an Introduction to Private...

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2025/11/17

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and in episode 143 of the EO Radio Show, I revisit episode 22, the second of two episodes from several years ago that explore the rules surrounding private foundations, using commentary on the Apple TV+ comedy series Loot, starring Maya Rudolph. Season two of Loot premiered in early 2024, and season three premiered in October 2025. In this episode, we revisit the original discussions we had about the first season. But,

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142: REFRESH Loot and an Introduction to Private...

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2025/11/10

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and for EO Radio Show episode 142, I'm happy to refresh EO Radio Show episode 21, which was the first of our two episodes from several years ago that explored private foundation rules using the Apple TV+ series called Loot starring Maya Rudolph. Season two of Loot premiered in early April 2024, and season three premiered in October 2025. For those of you who are new to this podcast and who would like a fun introduction to

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141: REFRESH Key Questions To Ask When Launching a...

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2025/11/03

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and EO Radio Show episode 141 is a refresh of episode 37, covering key questions to ask when thinking about launching a new charitable organization. Recently, I've seen a surge in interest from clients who want to incorporate a new charity. At the same time as I'm recording this episode, the federal government is still in shutdown. The IRS recently announced on October 21 that during the lapse in appropriations,

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140: Nonprofit Basics: Creating an Employer-Sponsored...

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2025/10/27

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. As we've discussed in prior episodes, many new charities are established in the aftermath of disasters to help the victims, their families, and their communities. In EO Radio Show episodes 9 and 10, we covered the basics of forming and obtaining tax-exempt status for organizations whose purpose is to address specific disasters. Today's episode focuses on the special issues that arise when an employer wants to establish a charitable entity to

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139: Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Montana...

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2025/10/20

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this episode marks the 25th in our series of "Nonprofit Quick Tip" episodes, which focus on the details of state registration for nonprofit corporations. Today, with the help of Joe Hilliard, we look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Montana and Nebraska. In previous episodes, we discussed filing in Delaware and California, which are the most frequently used by our clients,

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138: AI Risks and Realities for Nonprofits: Traps for...

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2025/10/06

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is the third episode in a short series about using AI for impact and how nonprofits can work smarter in the digital age. In today's episode, I am again joined by Sly Atayee and Kirstie Tiernan from BDO. We delve into the risks and realities of adopting AI in the nonprofit sector. From securing donor data to preventing bias and managing tool sprawl, we explore how nonprofits can protect their mission while

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137: Leading With AI: Nonprofit Management and...

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2025/09/29

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is the second installment in a three-part series about using AI for impact and helping nonprofits work smarter in the digital age. We explore how nonprofits can leverage artificial intelligence to do more good. In the previous episode, we discussed how AI can empower small nonprofits. Today, I'm joined again by Sly Atayee and Kirstie Tiernan from BDO, and we're shifting gears slightly to examine how nonprofit

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136: AI on a Shoestring: A Startup Nonprofits...

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2025/09/22

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I’m Cynthia Rowland, and this is the first episode in a short series about using AI for impact and helping nonprofits work smarter in the digital age. Over three episodes with special guests Sly Atayee and Kirstie Tiernan from BDO, we will explore how nonprofits can harness artificial intelligence to do more good, more efficiently. In today's episode, we dive into Kirstie's journey building an AI-powered nonprofit from the ground up, and

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135: Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Iowa and...

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2025/09/15

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and episode 135 is the 24th in a series of "Nonprofit Quick Tip" episodes focusing on the details of state registrations of nonprofit corporations. Today, with the help of Joe Hilliard, we look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Idaho and Iowa. In previous episodes, we discussed filing in Delaware and California, which are the most frequently used by our clients, most of whom

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134: Political Speech in The Workplace: What...

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2025/09/08

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is episode 134 of EO Radio Show. In today's show, I talk with my Farella colleagues, Ben Buckwalter and Jackie Gerson, about the nonprofit workplace and political speech issues. As most listeners are well aware, charitable organizations described in Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) cannot engage in candidate campaign activities, and legislative lobbying is only permitted for public charities in limited

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133: Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in...

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2025/08/25

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and episode 133 is the 23rd in a series of "Nonprofit Quick Tip" episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. Today, with the help of Joe Hilliard, we look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Mississippi and Georgia. In previous episodes, we discussed filing in Delaware and California, which are the most frequently used by our clients, most of

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132: Nonprofit Basics: Grant Agreements—Matching...

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2025/08/11

Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In episode 131, I talked about my general form grant agreement provisions and best practices for basic grant agreements that I recommend for grants from public charities and private foundations. This week, I want to cover some special issues and important provisions that often come up and deserve careful drafting considerations. In this episode, I'll cover my thoughts on matching grant conditions, intellectual property rights, recoverable

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