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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, perhaps the short answer to your question is that tax-exempt status is not based on geography, but rather on the character of an organization's operations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501%28c%29

I suspect there are plenty of tax-exempt entities that are not designed to benefit (solely or even partly) their local communities. That's just not the policy goal of tax-exempt status.[/quote]

The tax-exempt status you've cited refers to *federal* exemption.  Some states use that definition as well, but not all.

The broader point is that the "goal of tax-exempt status" is whatever the legislative jurisdiction says it is.  It's like those who say "marriage is a man and a woman".  In other words, begging the question.[/quote]
... and my understanding is that the District of Columbia has chosen to confer local tax exempt status on entities that meet the federal definition. Imagine for a moment all the tax-exempt non-profits based in DC that are dealing with issues that have absolutely no link to the local DC community. By your logic, all those non-profits should face local District taxes because they're not aimed at local District issues. I think that would be a significant (and unwise) policy decision by the DC government. Among other things, it would lead all those non-profits to relocate their offices to MD/VA suburbs, and the people working at those non-profits would begin patronizing MD/VA businesses rather than District businesses.[/quote]

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