Starting and Managing a NonProfit Organization: A Legal Guide FROM THE PUBLISHER
For everyone from nonprofit novices to sophisticated directors of established organizations, this expert guide to nonprofit law provides all the critical information and knowhow executives and other leaders need to succeed, thrive, and protect any nonprofit's tax-exempt status. Written by Bruce Hopkins, the country's leading legal authority in the field, this Fourth Edition of Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization: A Legal Guide covers the breadth of legal aspects of starting and operating a nonprofit organization. This latest edition's revisions include updated material on changes in laws, rules, and regulations governing the nonprofit sector. Written by a lawyer for non-lawyers, this easy-to-read book is an invaluable resource for nonprofit executives and managers, fundraising professionals, trustees, consultants, committed volunteers, and anyone involved in the complex, rewarding world of nonprofit organizations.
SYNOPSIS
A lawyer writing in lay terms answers nonprofit managers' basic questions about the laws that regulate their operations and the legal problems that might waylay them in the areas of tax and fund-raising regulations, reporting requirements, governance procedures, and others. The latest edition is revised to reflect changes in the rules that govern the nonprofit sector, including the emerging law concerning involvement of tax-exempt organizations in joint ventures. Of interest to nonprofit executives and managers, fund-raising professionals, trustees, consultants, and volunteers. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Booknews
This guide to nonprofit law covers most of the legal aspects of starting and operating a nonprofit organization. It provides guidance on the rules and regulations governing nonprofit organizations, including tax, corporate, and fund-raising applications and implications. Information on reporting revenue, private benefits, personal liability, charitable giving rules, employee compensation, lobbying, and for-profit subsidiaries is also included. Hopkins is a lawyer with a private firm. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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