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An op-ed piece by Willard “Sandy” Boyd and Richard Koontz appears in the January 27, 2012 issue of the Des Moines-based Business Record. Boyd is a law professor and president emeritus of The University of Iowa. Richard Koontz is executive director of the INRC. Read the article…

The findings of a 2010 survey of Iowa nonprofits by an INRC group have been compiled and released. The survey identifies what assistance nonprofits need with training, technology and capacity building. More...

The Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center was mentioned by Gail Agrawal, dean of the University of Iowa College of Law, in a December 18, 2011 guest column in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. The column is entitled “The Value of a Great Public Law School.” Dean Agrawal enumerated the contributions made to Iowa and its citizens by various entities of the law school such as the INRC. Read the column…

Many materials from the 2011 Iowa Nonprofit Summit are available online to Summit attendees. To access them, go to www.regonline.com/npsummit2011 From the row of links in the middle of the screen, choose Electronic Materials. Enter your e-mail address and the password you used when you registered for the Summit.

The INRC is featured in a short article on the University of Iowa Foundation Web site.

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation is now accepting applications for the spring 2012 grant cycle. Applications are due February 15, 2012, at 4:30 p.m. More…

Are you affiliated with a nonprofit that recently lost its tax-exempt status? The IRS has posted a brief video explaining how to regain tax exempt status if you failed to file a 990 form on time. See it on the IRS YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdrI1Swt1eI

Meeting the Technical Assistance and Training Needs of iowa Nonprofits is an evaluation report on the results of a survey of Iowa nonprofits conducted in the fall of 2010 on nonprofit needs. Download the report.

For the second year in a row, Iowa ranks second in the country in volunteerism with 37.9 percent of Iowans devoting time to help others in 2010. The Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service cited the ranking upon release of a report by the Corporation for National and Community Service. More…

The Exempt Organizations area of the IRS has released a report highlighting information of particular interest to tax exempt and government entities.  It provides updated statistics and discussions of accomplishments in FY 2010, as well as a preview of FY 2011 programs.

GuideStar released its first nonprofit economic survey for 2010: The Effect of the Economy on the Nonprofit Sector: A June 2010 Survey.