For over 30 years our experts have been posting about issues critical to North Carolina nonprofits, including public policy.
Response to House Ways and Means Request for Information 2023
2023 DOL Overtime Rule
The Center has posted its initial analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed overtime regulations.
2023 State Budget Process
N.C. State Budget comparisons from April to September 2023.
NC Nonprofit Public Policy Advocacy Academy
Well-formulated public policy solutions can profoundly improve the quality of life for people served by charitable nonprofits. But those solutions don’t just materialize out of nowhere; rather, the best public policies arise when nonprofits and the people they serve find effective ways to educate decision makers, share their perspectives and proposals, and exert collective pressure when needed to pass helpful legislation or to stop harmful proposals from becoming laws.
Analysis: PSLF Student Loan Forgiveness Should Not Be Taxable in North Carolina
The NC Department of Revenue (DOR) recently announced that student loan forgiveness is taxable income for the purposes of state income taxes. This means that borrowers will need to pay state income tax on the amount of their student loans that are forgiven. Legislative leaders have indicated that theydo not anticipate that the NC General Assembly will change this law.
Empowering Voters Is Nonprofit Mission Work
Reach Out to 2022 Candidates for Office
Earlier this year, the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits sent a candidate questionnaire on nonprofit issues to all North Carolina candidates for Congress and the NC General Assembly. The questionnaire is intended to help nonprofit leaders learn more about the candidates on their ballots in the 2022 election and also to help candidates have a better awareness of the work of nonprofits.
2022 Candidate Questionnaire Responses by County Map
The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits invited every candidate running for statewide office in the 2022 elections to share their insights on questions of interest to nonprofits across the state. Our goal is to help voters – particularly people who work for, volunteer with, or are served by nonprofits – be better informed about candidates.
Here are the candidate responses and contact info for US Senate:
2022 DOL Overtime Rule Changes
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced last week that it plans to release new proposed regulations on the salary threshold under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in October. Currently, FLSA requires employers, including nonprofits, to pay their employees at least $7.25 per hour and to pay employees one-and-one-half time their regular rate of pay when they work more than 40 hours in a workweek. Employees are exempt from the FLSA overtime pay requirement if they: