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Originally posted by ladygreek
I know it is a tax classification, and that classification is given to organizations whose primary purpose is social. Thus I suspect that the Dept. of Ed. does consider the tax classification in determining exemptions.
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Ladygreek (and preciousjeni),
Sorry if I'm coming across as beating a dead horse or being obtuse. (And yes, preciousjeni, I did miss the "social" in your post. Sorry.) I was just trying to respond to the question about what Title IX had to do with GLOs and avoid confusion.
So, to beat the dead horse just a little longer so as to avoid a little more confusion, 501(c)(7) is not limited to organizations whose primary purpose is social; it is for "Clubs organized for pleasure, recreation, and
other nonprofitable purposes." In the one instance with which I'm familiar, the Department of Education did not consider tax classification at all in determining exemption from Title IX; it looked exclusively at documents, statements and activities of the GLO to determine whether the GLO is exempt from Title IX.
And ladygreek, I realized you were confirming my statement about how NPHC orgs view themselves vs how the IRS views them, and I should have acknowledged that. Sorry. But I've run into too many Greeks, on GC and elsewhere, who think that their tax exempt status is what exempts them from Title IX as well. One just has to look at the thread on whether a member of a co-ed fraternity should be president of a campus IFC (or more to the point, whether a school should require a co-ed fraternity to be a member of the IFC) to see that not doing anything to threaten single-sex is an issue for some people/groups. That's why I responded as I did.
I promise I'll shut up now.
