How To Torpedo Your Tax Exemption: The Fifth Way
If you’re looking for a way to lose your hard-earned section 501(c)(3) tax exemption, we’ve already written about four roads that will almost certainly get
Just One More Thing About Meetings and Minutes
You probably thought we’ve told you all you need to know about charity board meeting minutes in “Breach of Duty by Ogling the Doughnuts,” “Fun
What if a Donor Threatens to Renege on a Pledge?
At the end of our post on charitable pledges (“What, Exactly, Is a Pledge?”), we posed the question: “What if an organization’s mission or activities
"Uh Oh. It’s the End of the Year and We Have Money Left Over!"
You’re a nonprofit. You’re panicking. That November fundraiser was a huge success. You have money to burn. But will your tax exemption go up in smoke
The Deep End of the Charity Board Conference Table
Congratulations! You’ve just been asked to serve on the board of directors of a local charity. But they’ve thrown you in at the deep end.
So What, Exactly, is a Pledge?
Pledge Week on PBS is exciting: There’s the new season of Downton Abbey (season premiere in January – we can’t wait!!), lots of your old
Nonprofit Corporate Minutes: What Not to Do
Let’s say there’s a contest to find great examples of nonprofit corporate-meeting minutes. Well …. There are some sure-fire ways to make sure you don’t
Fun Facts about Corporate Minutes
Seriously? You were expecting fun facts about minutes? We’re more interested than the average law firm in drafting effective corporate documents, but even we don’t
Nonprofits are Getting Yelped, Too.
“Worst . . . ever.” “(S)ome of the staff members can be a**holes.” These are reviews on the website of business-ratings giant Yelp by patrons
Flexible Purpose Corporations: Come January 2015, They will be Social Purpose Corporations
California has been in the forefront of the recent movement to facilitate establishment of social enterprises: for-profit corporations that are authorized to make money and
Breach of Fiduciary Duty by Ogling the Doughnuts
Admit it. You’ve done it. You’re in the conference room at your nonprofit’s board meeting. The corporate secretary presents the minutes of the last minute