Ken SchwenckeDec 22, 2022

One of the things my team @ProPublica does is run our Nonprofit Explorer database. It’s super popular and useful, but it relies on IRS data to run.

So we’re in a unique position to both see that the IRS is failing at its duty to make this data available and also to be able to report on it as news: https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-hasnt-released-nearly-half-million-nonprofit-tax-records

The IRS Hasn’t Released Nearly Half a Million Nonprofit Tax Records

If you’re trying to evaluate a charity this year, you might have a hard time. The IRS is behind on releasing Form 990s, limiting access to key financial information the public uses to evaluate the nation’s tax-exempt companies.

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Show threadKen SchwenckeDec 22, 2022
if you want to follow @ProPublica’s current (and best tbh) chief of all things nonprofits, you can find @asuozzo on the fediverse 🥳
Show threadForest GreggDec 22, 2022

@ken @ProPublica @asuozzo

i have in my long backlog of "someday" projects to use the 990 data to measure levels of board interlock as indicator of community social capital.

lmk if you all ever would be interested in looking at interlock!

Show threadKen Schwencke
@fgregg @ProPublica @asuozzo we have thought a little about this actually! Not sure it’s on the near-term slate but it’s an interesting idea.
Dec 22, 2022 at 3:09pmWeb