Tax-Exempt Organizations Improvements Possible in Public, Irs, and State Oversight of Charities

Millions of donors annually give hundreds of billions of dollars to charities. While this giving helps meet charitable purposes, congressional & media concerns have arisen about whether some charities spend too much on fundraising & general management & not enough on program services to meet the charitable purposes related to the tax-exempt status. Such concerns have heightened since the outflow of charitable giving after 9/11. This report focuses on the adequacy of: (1) publicly reported Form 990 data on charity spending in facilitating public oversight of charities, (2) IRS's oversight of charities, & (3) IRS's data sharing with state agencies that oversee charities. Includes reviews of studies on charities from 1994-1999. Charts & tables.Brostek, Michael is the author of 'Tax-Exempt Organizations Improvements Possible in Public, Irs, and State Oversight of Charities' with ISBN 9780756731700 and ISBN 0756731704.