Mission at Risk? Tax Exemption and the New Scrutiny of Nonprofits
Mission at Risk? Tax Exemption and the New Scrutiny of Nonprofits
American Tax Policy Institute Webinar
June 12, 2025 via Zoom
12 noon–1:00 p.m. Eastern
9:00 a.m. –10:00 a.m. Pacific
Chair and Moderator:
Ellen P. Aprill (Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits at UCLA School of Law, LMU Loyola Law School, and American Tax Policy Institute)
Featured Speakers:
Megan L. Brackney (Kostelanetz LLP)
Brandon DeBot (Tax Law Center, NYU Law)
Phil Hackney (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
This webinar will address the evolving regulatory environment for nonprofit organizations and the challenges they face in maintaining their exempt status amid changing administrative priorities. Experts will examine concerns about heightened scrutiny of organizational language, mission statements, and program activities, along with questions about endowment taxation and compliance requirements. Panelists will offer practical guidance for nonprofit leaders and advisors on navigating regulatory uncertainty while maintaining organizational integrity and mission focus. The discussion will place current developments in historical context and provide forward-looking strategies for nonprofit governance, compliance, and risk management in a complex regulatory environment.
This event is free and open to the public with preregistration, here: https://pace.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GDYFo_ZxRBayZHrK_UNygA.
Continuing education credits are not available for this program.
About ATPI
The American Tax Policy Institute is a section 501(c)(3) organization whose Trustees and members are some of the leading experts on taxation from the fields of law, accounting and economics. ATPI is a nonpartisan organization that promotes and facilitates scholarly research, analysis, examination, discussion of tax policy proposals and issues, in order to improve the tax system, and to provide assistance to governmental authorities involved in tax administration. ATPI supports scholarship in law, accounting and economics that will aid policy makers and administrators and improve our tax system.