As the tax filing season begins to ramp up, many nonprofit organizations are filling out a form for the very first time that could have an impact on donors’ decisions to contribute money, according to a Rutgers–Camden professor.

Erica Harris, an assistant professor of accounting at the Rutgers School of Business–Camden, has received a Faculty Research Grant for $8,750 from the Rutgers–Camden Office for Research and Economic Development to investigate the implications Tax Form 990 has on nonprofit organizations.