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Here Comes the Arizona Benefit Corporation

Going into effect January 1, 2015, the Arizona benefit corporation statute will enable entrepreneurs to form a corporation unlike anything Arizona has seen before. Benefit corporations enable social entrepreneurs to create a corporate structure requiring the corporation to create a general public benefit. As with anything new, its details are untested and some confusion surrounds it. Below we dig into the statute and detail what you will and will not be able to do in 2015.

December 3, 2014 No Comments

To Pay or Not to Pay – Compensating Nonprofit Founders

Many founders feel guilty accepting reasonable compensation from the nonprofit they have nurtured but if they continue to forgo a reasonable salary, they risk erecting a house of cards that will fall apart as soon as they burn out.

September 4, 2014 No Comments

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DIY Nonprofit Law – Top Five Mistakes

The state form does not include the tax provisions that the IRS requires tax-exempt organizations to have. Would be founders that file using the state’s form Articles of Incorporation without including an attachment with the appropriate tax provisions will end up with a taxable nonprofit – a result almost no one intends.

June 27, 2014 No Comments

When to Start a Nonprofit

We are used to hearing lots of folks – including yours truly – complain about the “nonprofit birth control” problem in this country. While it is true that too many nonprofits are formed for the wrong reasons – there are also many good reasons to form a new nonprofit. The trick is to learn to tell the difference.

December 11, 2013 No Comments

Negotiating and Documenting Nonprofit Naming Rights: Best Practices

For an increasing number of nonprofit organizations, the sale of naming rights have become a significant source of funding. The assets that can be named are limited only by a nonprofit’s imagination. Nonprofits commonly sell naming rights to programs, scholarship funds, endowed chairs, sections of a building, an entire facility, and even the name of the entity itself.

October 23, 2013 No Comments

Nonprofit Internships

Remember that unpaid internship you were so lucky to snag in college? Well, according to both a federal judge in Manhattan and the US Department of Labor (DOL) that coffee-delivering-foot-in-the-door opportunity may have violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and entitle you to compensation. But what if you worked for a nonprofit?

October 14, 2013 No Comments

Is It Time to Form A Corporate Foundation?

To better coordinate their philanthropy, many companies choose to create corporate foundations to organize, focus, track, and publicize their philanthropic efforts.

September 27, 2013 No Comments

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Entity Selection for Nonprofits

A major advantage nonprofit corporations have over other forms of charitable entities is if a nonprofit corporation is properly managed and operated, it can provide a greater degree of personal liability protection to its directors and officers.

July 25, 2013 No Comments

Tips for Nonprofit Employers Outsourcing Payroll Duties

Many nonprofits outsource payroll processing as a cost effective way to handle their payroll compliance and human resource functions. We have seen several cases where unscrupulous payroll service organizations have taken advantage of nonprofits so the advice below is timely for our clients.

July 19, 2013 No Comments

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Considerations When Conducting Activities New States

From time to time we see nonprofit clients adding employees in states in which they haven’t operated before. Often it is just one employee, perhaps a development person working from their home or a shared workspace. Although hiring an employee in another state may not seem like a significant event, many businesses don’t realize that it triggers several compliance obligations.

July 4, 2013 No Comments

Starting a nonprofit

To Pay or Not to Pay – Compensating Nonprofit Founders

DIY Nonprofit Law – Top Five Mistakes

When to Start a Nonprofit

Negotiating and Documenting Nonprofit Naming Rights: Best Practices

Nonprofit Internships

Is It Time to Form A Corporate Foundation?

Entity Selection for Nonprofits

Tips for Nonprofit Employers Outsourcing Payroll Duties

Considerations When Conducting Activities New States

How to Keep your Non-Profit Compliant in All 50 States

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