From: "Bernstein, Rick A - WHS" <Rick.Bernstein@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:51:13 -0600 Subject: Unrelated Business Income Message-ID: <1EA45D5A75EBB747A54A4F1905DE558B02A25750A452@MEWMAD0PC01G03.accounts.wistate.us>
For those that might have additional questions about Unrelated Business Income, here’s a good “virtual workshop” from the Internal Revenue Service.
http://www.stayexempt.org/virtualworkshop/UnrelatedBusinessIncome.aspx.
Rick Bernstein
Field Services-Southern Region
Wisconsin Historical Society
608 264 6583
Collecting, Preserving and Sharing Stories Since 1846
From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu [mailto:localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Weynand
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 4:45 PM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: Re: Museum Usage
You might want to check your non-profit property tax exemption status in regard to "unrelated business income".
On 10/31/2011 6:33 PM, Bill Schuette wrote: Does anyone have experience with allowing outside groups to rent the usage of your museums for political meetings, weddings or receptions, Christmas parties, etc.? We have been asked if we’d rent out the museum for an evening, by a political party, for a purported Christmas Party. We allowed it last year, but many of our board members now have reservations about continuing the practice. How do other museums handle this kind of request? Bill Sauk County Historical Society