Public Policy Articles & Analysis

As part of the General Assembly's final version of state budget for FY2019-21 (H.B. 966), legislators have included earmarked special appropriations of more than $117 million to 207 nonprofits in key legislative districts. The Center has compiled a list of these earmarks.

The Center continues to advocate for state legislators to exempt nonprofits from collecting and remitting sales tax on admission fees to fundraising events.

On June 5, the Center met with staff for Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and several other members of Congress from North Carolina and then submitted suggestions for four ways that Congress can provide tax assistance to help tax-exempt nonprofits more efficiently and effectively provide relief and recovery services after natural disasters.

The NC House of Representatives and NC Senate have each approved their versions of the state budget for FY2019-21. The Center has prepared a comparison chart highlighting key nonprofit provisions in the House and Senate versions of the budget and final legislative compromise budget released on June 25.

On May 21, 2019, the Center submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on its proposed rules that would increase the salary threshold for exemption for overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act from $23,660 per year to more than $35,000 per year. The Center's comment recommended that DOL:

Seven bills filed in the NC General Assembly this year would establish a nonpartisan process for drawing North Carolina's congressional and state legislative districts every 10 years. The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits strongly supports shifting to a nonpartisan, independent redistricting process, since ending gerrymandering would strengthen nonprofits' voices on public policy issues.

On February 21, 2019, the Center submitted comments to the IRS in response to the preliminary guidance issues on the applicability of unrelated business income tax (UBIT) to nonprofit parking and transportation expenses under Section 512(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code.