The Nonprofit Law Primer.
Practical resources on the rules nonprofits operate under. Governance and fiduciary duties. Tax-exempt status and public-support tests. Lobbying and advocacy rules. Employment and volunteer compliance. Fiscal sponsorship. Written for executive directors, board members, and senior leadership who want to understand the frameworks shaping their work.
Contracts and Grant Agreements: What Nonprofit Leaders Need to Know Before They Sign
Grant agreements are contracts in legal disguise: they bind your organization to deliverables, reporting timelines, indemnity terms, and clawback rights, and the moment to negotiate them is before signing, not after the funder asks for a refund.
Charitable Solicitation and Registration, Part II: Online and Multi-State Fundraising — Navigating a Borderless Compliance Landscape
The moment your donate-now button is reachable from anywhere with internet, you're potentially soliciting in 40+ states; the unified registration system was supposed to fix that but doesn't, leaving online nonprofits with a borderless fundraising landscape and bordered compliance obligations.
State Charitable Solicitation and Registration, Part I: A Core (and Often Missed) Nonprofit Compliance Area
Before your nonprofit asks anyone for a donation, most states require you to register, and the penalty for skipping that step ranges from a fine to a public listing of unregistered solicitors that funders quietly use to disqualify grant applicants.
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