Starting and managing a nonprofit organization : a legal guide /

"Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization: A Legal Guide is now in its sixth edition (2013). John Wiley & Sons has published all of the editions of this book -- a new edition every four years. One of the major contributors to law changes in this area is enactment of the Protecting Ame...

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Main Author: Hopkins, Bruce R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017
Edition:7th edition
Series:Wiley nonprofit authority series
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One. Starting a Nonprofit Organization
  • What is a nonprofit organization?
  • The nonprofit organizations' regulatory scene
  • tarting a nonprofit organization
  • Part Two. Being Nonprofit, Legally
  • Nonprofit organizations: much more than charity
  • Nonprofits and private benefit
  • From nonprofit to tax-exempt
  • Charities: public or private?
  • Nonprofit governance
  • Braving annual reporting
  • Tax exemption: not a paperwork exemption
  • Charitable giving rules
  • Government regulation of fundraising
  • Part Three. Tax-Exempt Organizations Can Be Taxable, and So Can Their Managers
  • Related or unrelated?
  • Lobbying constraints, and taxes
  • Political campaign activities, and more taxes
  • Donor-advised funds, tax shelters, insurance schemes, and still more taxes
  • Part Four. Helpful Hints and Successful Techniques
  • For-profit and nonprofit subsidiaries
  • Joint venturing and other partnering
  • Wonderful world of planned giving
  • Putting ideas into action
  • Part Five. Sidestepping Traps
  • Watchdogs on the prowl
  • Potpourri of policies and procedures
  • Commerciality, competition, commensurateness
  • IRS audits of nonprofit organizations
  • Avoiding personal liability
  • Part Six. Constitutional Law Perspective
  • Nonprofit organizations and the constitution