Nonprofits have legal issues like any other businesses. And they also have matters unique to nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations – like state reporting obligations, IRS reports, fiduciary duties, ...
How to Start a Business Association with 501(c)(6) Status
Our law firm helps professional associations succeed. We help professional societies, trade groups, chambers of commerce, real estate boards, and business leagues with their day-to-day legal issues, ...
Nonprofit Filing Requirements – Update IRS and other Government Agencies
Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Organization Filing Requirements Nonprofit organizations have government filing requirements just like any other business. Many organizations are required to file annual or ...
Nonprofit Checkup for Nonprofit Professionals
Welcome, October! In the last quarter of the year, we remind our clients about some of their year-end obligations, or help them get ahead on issues they may have been putting off. Or maybe both! Today ...
Are you doing what you say you will? Check & review your Nonprofit Mission Statement & Activities
Nonprofit mission statements define a nonprofit organization; they state what your organization does and whom it serves. [If writing your first nonprofit mission statement, you may want to ready: ...
What Should Be Included in a Nonprofit Annual Report?
What Makes A Good Nonprofit Annual Report? Annual reports help to share the story of the nonprofit. Good reports convey what a nonprofit does - who it served over the past year, who its key ...
What Records Does a Nonprofit Organization Need to Keep?
Tax-exempt nonprofit organizations need to keep correct and complete records of important accounts. But what nonprofit books and records should it maintain? Specific items vary by state corporate law ...
Ready to write a nonprofit mission statement? Let’s get started!
A nonprofit mission statement is a statement of purpose for your organization. It is meant to convey what your nonprofit is all about. Some nonprofits prefer a brief one to two clear sentences as a ...
Nonprofit Checklist: Risk Management
Risk management for nonprofits involves more than just buying liability insurance and hoping for the best. A sound approach to risk management requires nonprofit managers and board members to ...
Nonprofit Insurance Coverage
Nonprofit Insurance Coverage. Maintaining and Updating Your Nonprofit's Insurance Policies Insurance is essential to protecting your nonprofit from certain liabilities that may occur as a result of ...