New Jersey has long been ranked as one of the most expensive places to live and worst to do business. Add to that list a new ranking of the state as one of the worst states to operate a charity.
With over 50,000 nonprofit organizations in New Jersey employing nearly 600,000 people, this development should have us all concerned.
A new Philanthropy Roundtable ranking of the best and worst states for charity regulations finds that New Jersey ranks as the third-worst state in the country for regulations imposed on charities.
A few years back, LPS Industries vice president Paul Harencak told a Garden State Initiative policy forum that state government required a company to complete 58 pages of paperwork to register a business in New Jersey.
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Overregulation hinders New Jersey’s charities
Pacific Research Institute
By Wayne Winegarden & Regina Egea
New Jersey has long been ranked as one of the most expensive places to live and worst to do business. Add to that list a new ranking of the state as one of the worst states to operate a charity.
With over 50,000 nonprofit organizations in New Jersey employing nearly 600,000 people, this development should have us all concerned.
A new Philanthropy Roundtable ranking of the best and worst states for charity regulations finds that New Jersey ranks as the third-worst state in the country for regulations imposed on charities.
A few years back, LPS Industries vice president Paul Harencak told a Garden State Initiative policy forum that state government required a company to complete 58 pages of paperwork to register a business in New Jersey.
Click to read the full article at the New Jersey Monitor.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.