There are two primary welfare programs in the United States, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
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Unlike other charitable groups, these organizations are allowed to participate in political activities, but their primary activity must be social welfare.
The IRS rules allow the tax-exempt entities to participate in those actions, as long as promoting social welfare remains the primary focus of the group's activities.
It excels at its primary task of caring for the welfare needs of an aging community.
The report also called on Treasury to develop guidelines to explain social welfare activity -- the primary factor in obtaining tax-exempt status.
The report also called on the Department of Treasury to develop guidelines to explain social welfare activity -- the primary factor in obtaining tax-exempt status.
Groups granted tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(4) of the tax code are allowed to engage in some political activity, but their primary focus is supposed to be promoting social welfare.
Tax-exempt social-welfare groups organized under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code are allowed to engage in some political activity, but the primary focus of their efforts must remain promoting social welfare.
"With Solis at the helm, we're absolutely confident that the Department of Labor will return to its primary mission of looking out for the health and welfare of America's workers, " said Art Pulaski, executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation.
The profession has its roots in the welfare secretaries of the early 1900s, whose primary role was to ensure safety of the mill workers.
Yet both Crossroads GPS and Priorities USA applied to the IRS as 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations, claiming that politics wasn't their primary purpose.
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