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The Department of Labor’s new overtime rules, which will make many more employees eligible for overtime pay under the FLSA, take effect December 1, 2016 — and nonprofits aren’t exempt. Even if an organization isn’t covered by the FLSA, its employees may be covered as individuals and thus eligible for overtime. This article addresses the new salary-level tests for exempt workers, the impact on nonprofits and some exceptions to the rules. A sidebar offers four options for compliance.
If a nonprofit isn’t careful, a corporate sponsorship can be deemed paid advertising and the organization could end up liable for unrelated business income tax (UBIT). Although the Internal Revenue Code includes an exception from UBIT for certain sponsorship arrangements, navigating the rules can prove tricky. This article explains the “qualified sponsorship payment” exception, the “use or acknowledgment” provisions and the allocation of sponsor payments. A sidebar discusses the rules for exclusivity arrangements.
In the wake of the most recent recession, many nonprofits are continuing to take a hard look at their sustainability over the long term. This article examines factors that affect sustainability directly, such as the diversity of an organization’s funding sources, and some indirect factors that have an impact on sustainability, including branding, outcome evaluation and contingency planning.
This issue’s “Newsbits” reports on free cloud services offered by Microsoft’s philanthropic arm, a new report that details volunteerism efforts in America, and a survey on the topic of public confidence in nonprofits. 
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