File your 990s

If you don't file your Form 990 - assuming you're required to (some organizations are exempt) - you may have more than the IRS to answer to. You might find yourself at the other end of a press expose. The latest example? The 50-year old civil rights organization Southern Christian Leadership Conference just had its failure to file spread across the pages of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This is a PR blow you don't want you or your clients to take... just a reminder, if your nonprofit follows an end of the calendar-year fiscal year, your 990 is due May 15th...