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Board of Directors – Basic Things to Know
March 29th, 2017
Board of Directors Basics Serving as a volunteer director on the board of a nonprofit can be a very rewarding experience and a great way to give back to your community. If you are asked to join a board, or if you are a current board member wondering…
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Losing Tax Exempt Status - IRS Procedures for Automatically Revoked Organizations
March 29th, 2017
We lost our tax-exempt status! What can we do? Did you lose your tax-exempt status because you didn’t file an annual return (990, 990EZ or 990-n), for three years? If so, don’t panic! The IRS has some procedures for getting back into compliance.…
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Charitable Solicitation Registration
March 29th, 2017
Fundraising is an essential task for nonprofits, big or small, and the ability to raise funds that are tax-exempt is a major motivation for becoming a nonprofit in the first place. Most nonprofits know that they need to register for charitable solici…
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Does Your Nonprofit Need a Document Review?
March 29th, 2017
Many nonprofit organizations feel that once they receive that all-important tax-exemption letter from the IRS, they are worry free. Not true. Most nonprofits know that they must file annual reports to the State and to the IRS. Sometimes, older organi…
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Sports Clubs and Athletic Associations
March 29th, 2017
You have just been elected to the board of an amateur sports club. What should you do to ensure that the organization is in good shape? First, don’t just assume that everything must have been set up correctly when the organization was originally fo…
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Help! We Lost Our Tax Exemption
March 29th, 2017
Loss of Tax Exemption and Automatic Revocation (Losing Your Tax Exemption for Failure to File Annual Returns for Three Years) ……And what to do next! Loss of Tax Exemption and Automatic Revocation (Losing Your Tax Exemption for Failure to File Ann…
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Charitable and Planned Giving
March 29th, 2017
We help individuals, families and businesses find the most effective way to make charitable gifts through: Charitable gifts and contributions, including gifts of life insurance and charitable gift annuities Endowments Donor gift instruments Wills and…
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Intellectual Property
March 29th, 2017
Copyright, trademarks, service marks, and patents Licensing agreements Confidentiality agreements
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External Relationships
March 29th, 2017
Many organizations find themselves working collaboratively with other groups and may even wish to merge or acquire another nonprofit. It is important to think these ventures out carefully and obtain legal advice on all the implications. We can provid…
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Governance Issues
March 29th, 2017
As the IRS and state regulatory offices take more interest in how nonprofit organizations govern themselves, we can help with the following areas: Board structure Responsibilities and liabilities of Boards and Board members Conflict of interest polic…
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