From Powdered Milk to Coffee Shop: Why the Operational Test Still Matters for 501(c)(3) Organizations
A charitable organization can lose its tax-exempt status even if its original mission sounds fully charitable. Under IRC Section 501(c)(3), an organization must be both organized and operated exclusively for exempt purposes. That means unrelated activities must remain insubstantial, and any private benefit must be incidental rather than central to what the organization does. A …





