It is fairly common for a parent corporation to set up a subsidiary in part because it intends to enter into some business transactions with that subsidiary. For example, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (referred to generally as a nonprofit in the rest of this post) and for-profit in a parent-subsidiary structure may enter into arrangements such […]
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Parent-Subsidiary Structures – Part I: Control and Separateness
There are a variety of reasons that a parent-subsidiary structure between a nonprofit and for-profit entity can be an attractive corporate structure whether initiated by a nonprofit or for-profit. A nonprofit may desire to move a program that would otherwise be characterized as a substantial unrelated business activity into a for-profit subsidiary in order to […]