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Linda Rosenthal

@linjane51

J.D., B.A. (political science) GWU. Law blogger, For Purpose Law Group, San Diego; focus: nonprofit/charity law.

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The Plot Thickens: Alaska Takes GoFundMe and Others to Court In the last twenty-four hours, there’s been an intriguing and important development in the explosive charitable-crowdfunding controversy that first made headlines six months ago in October 2025. That ...

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12.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Plot Thickens: Alaska Takes GoFundMe and Others to Court In the last twenty-four hours, there’s been an intriguing and important development in the explosive charitable-crowdfunding controversy that first made headlines six months ago in October 2025. That ...

The Plot Thickens: Alaska Takes GoFundMe and Others to Court www.fplglaw.com/insights/the...

11.03.2026 22:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Plot Thickens: Alaska Takes GoFundMe and Others to Court In the last twenty-four hours, there’s been an intriguing and important development in the explosive charitable-crowdfunding controversy that first made headlines six months ago in October 2025. That ...

The Plot Thickens: Alaska Takes GoFundMe and Others to Court www.fplglaw.com/insights/the...

11.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Update on GoFundMe Controversy: State Charity Regulators Demand Answers and Action β€œIt’s a news story that should have been uncovered months ago, but perhaps everyone was too distracted and overwhelmed by the daily chaos from Washington, D.C.” That was the opening sentence in Anothe...

Update on GoFundMe Controversy: State Regulators Demand Answers and Action www.fplglaw.com/insights/upd...

09.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Update on GoFundMe Controversy: State Charity Regulators Demand Answers and Action β€œIt’s a news story that should have been uncovered months ago, but perhaps everyone was too distracted and overwhelmed by the daily chaos from Washington, D.C.” That was the opening sentence in Anothe...

Update on GoFundMe Controversy: State Charity Regulators Demand Action and Answers www.fplglaw.com/insights/upd...

08.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 3/7/26 Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector tren…

Nonprofit Resources of the Week - 3/7/26 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re...

07.03.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Update on GoFundMe Controversy: State Charity Regulators Demand Answers and Action β€œIt’s a news story that should have been uncovered months ago, but perhaps everyone was too distracted and overwhelmed by the daily chaos from Washington, D.C.” That was the opening sentence in Anothe...

Update on GoFundMe Controversy: State Charity Regulators Demand Answers and Action www.fplglaw.com/insights/upd...

06.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Charity Fraud Report 2025 Is Out With Important Findings The year 2025 marks β€œthe fifth year that BDO and the Fraud Advisory Panel (both UK-based) worked together in partnership to combat charity fraud, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of Charity Fraud...

Charity Fraud Report 2025 Is Out With Important Information www.fplglaw.com/insights/cha...

02.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 2/28/26 Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector tren…

Nonprofit Resources of the Week - 2/28/26 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re...

28.02.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Charity Fraud Report 2025 Is Out With Important Findings The year 2025 marks β€œthe fifth year that BDO and the Fraud Advisory Panel (both UK-based) worked together in partnership to combat charity fraud, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of Charity Fraud...

Charity Fraud Report 2025 Is Out With Important Findings www.fplglaw.com/insights/cha...

27.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Charity Fraud Report 2025 Is Out With Important Findings The year 2025 marks β€œthe fifth year that BDO and the Fraud Advisory Panel (both UK-based) worked together in partnership to combat charity fraud, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of Charity Fraud...

2025 Charity Fraud Report is Out With Interesting Findings www.fplglaw.com/insights/cha...

25.02.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Charity Fraud Report 2025 Is Out With Important Findings The year 2025 marks β€œthe fifth year that BDO and the Fraud Advisory Panel (both UK-based) worked together in partnership to combat charity fraud, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of Charity Fraud...

Charity Fraud 2025 Report is Out with Important Findings www.fplglaw.com/insights/cha...

25.02.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mandatory Volunteerism: Take It Off the Back Burner The almost daily barrage of bad-news bombshells from the nation’s capital invariably includes a familiar item or two. Something we’ve seen before … in Trump 1.0. Our reaction: We’ve dealt with it.Β  De...

Mandatory Volunteerism: Take It Off the Back Burner www.fplglaw.com/insights/man...

22.02.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mandatory Volunteerism: Take It Off the Back Burner The almost daily barrage of bad-news bombshells from the nation’s capital invariably includes a familiar item or two. Something we’ve seen before … in Trump 1.0. Our reaction: We’ve dealt with it.Β  De...

Mandatory Volunteerism: Take It Off The Back Burner www.fplglaw.com/insights/man...

21.02.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 2/21/26 Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector tren…

Nonprofit Resources of the Week - 2/21/26 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re...

21.02.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mandatory Volunteerism: Take It Off the Back Burner The almost daily barrage of bad-news bombshells from the nation’s capital invariably includes a familiar item or two. Something we’ve seen before … in Trump 1.0. Our reaction: We’ve dealt with it.Β  De...

Mandatory Volunteerism: Take It Off the Back Burner www.fplglaw.com/insights/man...

20.02.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Insufficient Help From Funders For Beleaguered Nonprofits. Why? During periods of relative calm as well as in crises, the prestigious Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) tracks and analyzes how the nation’s charitable nonprofits and their funders fare. For the...

Insufficient Help from Funders for Beleaguered Nonprofits - Why?
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17.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 2/14/26 Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector tren…

Nonprofit Resources of the Week - 2/14/26 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re...

14.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Insufficient Help From Funders For Beleaguered Nonprofits. Why? During periods of relative calm as well as in crises, the prestigious Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) tracks and analyzes how the nation’s charitable nonprofits and their funders fare. For the...

Insufficient Help from Funders for Beleaguered Nonprofits www.fplglaw.com/insights/ins...

12.02.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Insufficient Help From Funders For Beleaguered Nonprofits. Why? During periods of relative calm as well as in crises, the prestigious Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) tracks and analyzes how the nation’s charitable nonprofits and their funders fare. For the...

Insufficient Help From Funders for Beleaguered Nonprofits - Why?
www.fplglaw.com/insights/ins...

12.02.2026 03:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Center for Effective Philanthropy Reports "A Sector in Crisis" In the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago, a comforting slogan went viral: β€œWe’re all in this together.” A global health emergency had plunged the entire world into a shared cauldron o...

Center for Effective Philanthropy Reports "A Sector in Crisis" www.fplglaw.com/insights/cen...

07.02.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 2/7/26 Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector tren…

Nonprofit Resources of the Week - 2/7/26 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re...

07.02.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Center for Effective Philanthropy Reports "A Sector in Crisis" In the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago, a comforting slogan went viral: β€œWe’re all in this together.” A global health emergency had plunged the entire world into a shared cauldron o...

Center for Effective Philanthropy Reports "A Sector in Crisis" www.fplglaw.com/insights/cen...

06.02.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 1/31/26 Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector tren…

Nonprofit Resources of the Week - 1/31/26 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re...

31.01.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Group Exemptions Are Back Now After A Long Freeze The long wait is over. Last week, the Internal Revenue Service published the much-anticipated and greatly needed new procedures for obtaining and maintaining group tax exemptions. See Revenue Procedur...

Group Exemptions Are Back Now After A Long Freeze www.fplglaw.com/insights/gro...

26.01.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 1/24/26 Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector tren…

Nonprofit Resources of the Week - 1/24/26 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re...

24.01.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There Are Already New Developments in the CA Budget Saga β€œ – And so it begins…. Today, California will launch back into the perennial debate over how to spread its wealth around β€” and there are abundant assets to allocate.” That was four years ago, on Janua...

There Are Already New Developments in the CA Budget Saga www.fplglaw.com/insights/the...

21.01.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There Are Already New Developments in the CA Budget Saga β€œ – And so it begins…. Today, California will launch back into the perennial debate over how to spread its wealth around β€” and there are abundant assets to allocate.” That was four years ago, on Janua...

There Are Already New Developments in the CA Budget Saga www.fplglaw.com/insights/the...

20.01.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There Are Already New Developments in the CA Budget Saga β€œ – And so it begins…. Today, California will launch back into the perennial debate over how to spread its wealth around β€” and there are abundant assets to allocate.” That was four years ago, on Janua...

There Are Already New Developments in the CA Budget Saga www.fplglaw.com/insights/the...

19.01.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 1/17/26 Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector tren…

Nonprofit Resources of the Week - 1/17/26 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re...

17.01.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0