The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has affirmed a decision by a state trial court holding that a charitable trust providing support of Virginia Military Institute should not be terminated because the additional burdens of operating as a separate private foundation were not “unreasonably out of proportion to the charitable benefits” of the trust.

A private foundation in Pittsburgh that successfully fought off a challenge by the founder’s grandchildren to the composition of its board has been denied a claim to recover attorneys’ fees and costs that it said totaled nearly $1.5 million.

The Buckeye Institute case seeking to rid charities of the obligation to complete Schedule B disclosing substantial donors on the annual Form 990 tax information return has been certified for appeal to the federal Court of Appeals.  The District Court in Ohio hearing the case has certified the case for an interlocutory appeal.

An IRS tax compliance officer has been fired for her personal non-compliance with the tax law.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, which affirmed the decision of an administrative law judge, who affirmed the agency’s decision to terminate her employment.