EO Radio Show
Welcome to EO Radio Show, Your Nonprofit Legal Resource, brought to you by the Exempt Organizations Group at Farella Braun + Martel. My name is Cynthia Rowland. I’m a business and tax partner at Farella with more than 30 years of experience advising clients on non-profit and charity law. I help philanthropists, including private individuals as well as for-profit and nonprofit organizations, who wish to make the world a better place. Through this podcast, our lawyers and guests will discuss a range of legal and business issues impacting the nonprofit world because we understand you work hard every day to make your community a better place to live and work. We hope you will appreciate discussions of basic legal principles, as well as in-depth technical discussions of the legal and regulatory landscape. Topical presentations and guests on EO Radio Show will focus on helping you reach a solid understanding of what it takes to organize, operate and lead an effective charitable organization that presents itself as a professional and trustworthy partner. Starting with a key legal concept, each show will focus on an essential piece of the framework in which charities operate, and will explain how the right understanding leads to a well-functioning organization. We will also help you understand the legal world in which charities operate and will provide detailed links and connections to additional resources on the topic of the day. We want you to think of EO Radio Show as a modern-day audio treatise on charity legal issues and the practical application of legal principles of effective operation of a charity. EO Radio Show is for all professionals, whether you are leading, funding, advising, or operating a public charity or private foundation that aspires to be a force for good in your space. You work hard every day to make your communities and the world a better place.
Episodes
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In the aftermath of the truly horrific 100-year flood event in Texas, as the floodwaters ebb and the long haul of recovery begins, the local and national community is stepping up to help. Many want to know how they can support victims, and others will want to find new ways to deliver the short and long-term services needed.
This episode is a "refresh" of EO Radio Show episod...
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is episode 127 of EO Radio Show. Episode 127 is a "refresh" of our episode 13, first released on August 29th, 2022, which covered record retention policies, document destruction schedules, and why they matter.
Many nonprofits today have heightened concerns about legal actions, investigations by the IRS or congressional committees, as well as law...
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In today's episode, Cynthia Rowland is joined by David Ogburn, a senior client strategist with BNY Wealth. David will talk about the recently released BNY Annual Charitable Gift Report covering 2024. He will present the highlights from the annual report and share insights, best practices, and actionable strategy recommendations for planned giving success. This episode will b...
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is the 21st in a series of quick tip episodes, focusing on the details of state registration of non-profit corporations. With the help of Joe Hilliard today, we look at the basic state filing requirements for non-profit corporations in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
In previous episodes, we discussed filing in Delaware and California, which are the ...
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. Many nonprofits today are worried about recent federal actions that may bring governmental scrutiny to their stated charitable mission and activities, such as audits, congressional investigations, and even threats to their status as charities described in Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). The best advice for many of those organizations is to start with a thorough revi...
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is episode 123 of EO Radio Show. In today's episode, I welcome back Jennifer Nelson, a Senior Wealth Manager with BNY Mellon. Jennifer and I recorded this episode on Friday, May 9, 2025, and this episode posts on Monday, May 19. The investment world looks quite a bit different today than it did in May of 2024 when Jennifer and I recorded a gener...
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is episode 122 of EO Radio Show. This episode on federal tax filing deadlines and penalties was first released in May of 2023. It focuses on the importance of meeting the federal tax filing deadlines that apply to charitable organizations. Most charities exempt from income tax are required to file a federal information return on the 15th day of ...
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and today I'm joined by David Sacarelos, a principal at Baker Tilly. We do a deep dive into the penalties under the Internal Revenue Code sections that apply to insider transactions involving private foundations. Using a recently issued IRS Chief Counsel memorandum, we look at the circumstances of loans by a private foundation that led to significant pen...
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and EO Radio Show episode 120 is the 20th episode in a series of quick tips episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. With the help of Joe Hilliard, we look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Virginia and West Virginia.
In previous epis...
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and in today's episode, I welcome back Dale Schroeder and Anneke Niemira from NewEdge Wealth to talk about charitable remainder trusts. Last week, we discussed charitable lead trusts and split-interest trusts in general. In this episode, Dale, Anneke, and I take a deep dive into the world of charitable remainder trusts, focusing on their technical issues...
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In today's episode, my guests are Dale Schroeder and Anneke Niemira with NewEdge Wealth, and our topic is charitable split-interest trusts. These come in four varieties: charitable lead annuity and unitrusts and charitable remainder annuity and unitrusts, known affectionately as CLATs and CLUTs, and CRATs and CRUTs, which are also further defined sometimes as NI-CRUTs, NIM-C...
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is episode 117 of EO Radio Show. This episode is a "refresh" of episode 32, recorded in March 2023. It covers the Internal Revenue Code sections pertinent to business transactions between a nonprofit and its insiders, such as directors, executives, substantial contributors, and entities controlled by them. In the original episode, I also covered...
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is episode 116 of EO Radio Show. This episode is a "refresh" of episode 37, first released in April 2023. This year, 2025, we've seen the usual strong interest in starting new charities at the beginning of the year. Given the new environment at the IRS, however, it is now more important than ever to be sure that all the preliminary work needed t...
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and EO Radio Show episode 115 is the 19th in a series of quick tip episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. With the help of Joe Hilliard, we will look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in South Dakota and North Dakota.
In previous episodes, we talked about filing in Delaw...
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and in today's episode, I'm happy to report on the recent promotion by the IRS of a free 10-course workshop on basic topics for individuals interested in learning about tax-exempt organizations described in Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3).
The online training covers many basic federal income tax rules applicable to charitable organizations. The s...
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. In today's episode, Cynthia Rowland talks with Farella employment lawyer Benjamin Buchwalter about a hot topic for nonprofits with employees: the surge in return to office mandates. Ben specializes in working with employers to manage and mitigate employment law risks to achieve their goals. He has deep experience defending companies in single plaintiff and class and represen...
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and episode 112 of EO Radio Show is a "refresh" of episode 54, "Nonprofit Tenants and Lease Agreements: Best Practices and Pitfalls to Avoid." In this episode, first published on September 18, 2023, I talked with Farella partner Quinn Arntsen about leasing issues.
Last week, we dropped a "refresh" of part one of my conversation with Quinn, discussing ter...
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and episode 111 of EO Radio Show is a "refresh" of our episode 53, "Real Estate Leasing Tips for Nonprofits," first dropped on September 11, 2023. In this episode, I talk with Farella partner Quinn Arntsen about leasing issues for nonprofit tenants. Leasing real property is a big commitment. And for nonprofit executives that haven't been through the proc...
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and EO Radio Show episode 110 is the 18th in a series of quick tip episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. With the help of Joe Hilliard today, we will look at basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
In our first state filings episode, we talked about filin...
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and episode 109 is the third in a series of technical episodes describing the basic principles of the tax on unrelated business income generated by organizations described in Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). That includes public charities and private foundations. Most listeners are probably aware that 501(c)(3) organizations are generally exempt ...
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