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by mistrial9 1513 days ago
yes, that might be a danger given the context. agree. I would like an opinion about transfer of assets from 501(c)x to a (edit) for-profit corporation though.. some of these statements are just not true in the articles of non-profit taxation, last I looked into it.
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dragonwriter 1513 days ago
> I would like an opinion about transfer of assets from 501(c)x to a corporation though

Most 501c entities are corporations.

You probably mean “to a business entity that is not itself a 501c”, but generally a 501c is free to sell assets to other entities without regard to form or (absence of) nonprofit status, though there are other restrictions that might come into play.

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mistrial9 1513 days ago
people here do not understand that a for-profit company seeks to avoid or minimize tax, and that simple flipping of (appreciating) assets from a non-profit and back could be used extensively to avoid tax ? and that the IRS specifically precludes that, in the articles of non-profit incorporation? not "selling t-shirts or anything else in line with the mission" but held assets? there is some term I am missing, and I think Commonwealth countries are also taking turns here.. there is too much distance in the points of view .. there have to be some assumptions unsaid
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blagie 1513 days ago
You're the one confused here. You're making a standard programmer bug of reading IRS pages like computer code.

If you'd like an example of a sale, look at the sale of edX to 2U. A for-profit got:

- Courses from partner universities, developed believing they were contributing to a non-profit

- Data from millions of students, who believed they were entrusting it to MIT and Harvard

Foundations, individuals, etc. who had supported edX financially found their donations commercialized too.

MIT/Harvard got $800M. MIT decision-makers got cushy jobs at 2U.

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mistrial9 1513 days ago
> look at the sale of edX to 2U

yes, that would be interesting to see the details, like the specific tax+governance documents for whatever specifically got those assets from the non-profit, as you point out. IANL

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