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Here are some selected highlights from NEO Law Group over the past year that we hope you’ll find helpful. Blog Posts Compliance 10 Legal Tips in 30 Minutes to Get 2017 Ready New IRS Notification Requirement for 501(c)(4) Organizations – Form 8976 Nonprofit Corporation Legal Audit Nonprofit Compensation: Tips...
Representing nonprofit organizations can be incredibly rewarding but challenging on many levels. Last month, Gene shared the tips and traps of representing tax-exempt organizations regarding corporate, tax, and other issues in a podcast hosted by West LegalEdCenter. Here is a summary of his many enlightening and constructive points: Traps...
We started posting daily to our Facebook Nonprofit Law page in March 2013 and just reached 2,000 likes. Check out our mix of articles and posts of relevance to nonprofits here. From the last seven days: 8/27 - Sector-Switching: Two Groups Make the Change From For-profit to Nonprofit...
Last week, I had the pleasure of having lunch with association attorney Jim Seely after reading the recently published second edition of his book: The Legal Guide for Association Board Members. The Guide was designed for corporate directors of 501(c)(6) trade associations and business societies but holds important lessons for...
Davis Guggenheim, director of An Inconvenient Truth, addresses another thought-provoking topic—American public education reform—in his recent documentary, Waiting for ‘Superman’. Waiting for ‘Superman’ follows the stories of five young children who despite entering different grades, being of different backgrounds and attending different public schools throughout the country, all find...
I'm currently reading the recently published 2nd edition of Nonprofit Mergers & Alliances by Thomas A. McLaughlin and can already recommend it to nonprofit executives and board members thinking about collaborations and/or mergers. Indeed, the book had me at "hello" or, rather, its first sentence: "The best time to...
Caring to Change, an independent project conducted in collaboration with the Aspen Institute's Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation, earlier this year released Foundations for the Common Good, a report written by Mark Rosenman on how grantmaking can be more effective if focused on the broader goal of advancing the "Common Good."...
I recently skimmed You've Gotta Have Heart: achieving purpose beyond profit in the social sector by Cass Wheeler, former CEO of the American Heart Association (1997-2008). Wheeler's stated goal of writing the book: "to increase your organization's or your operation's effectiveness by 5 percent (or better) over your current...
Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker by Bill Somerville* with Fred Setterberg is a book with a clear message to foundations: accomplish more through grassroots grantmaking. Somerville, President and Founder of Philanthropic Ventures Foundation and former longtime Executive Director of the Peninsula Community Foundation, suggests that this...
Jan Masaoka, former long-time Executive Director of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, started her next big thing by launching Blue Avocado this morning. The online magazine for people involved with nonprofits is described by Jan in a message she sent to some of us bloggers: Blue Avocado is a new online...
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