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.
The Cost of Complacency: How Nonprofits Lose Their Tax-Exempt Status and How to Keep It
Tax exemption isn't permanent: three years of unfiled 990s triggers automatic revocation, and so do private inurement, excess political activity, and operations that drift from your stated exempt purpose, often before a board notices anything has changed.
Navigating Federal Funding Cuts: A Mission and Governance Checklist
Federal funding cuts don't just compress the budget; they force board-level decisions about mission scope, reserve drawdowns, and program triage that should have been mapped before the cuts arrived. Download our checklist.
From State to IRS: How Nonprofits Move from Incorporation to Tax-Exempt Status
Filing articles of incorporation creates a nonprofit corporation under state law, but it doesn't make you tax-exempt; that requires a separate federal application most founders don't realize is decoupled from the state filing.
501(c)(3) vs. 501(c)(4) vs. 501(c)(6)
Most founders default to 501(c)(3) without realizing another subsection might better fit their advocacy ambitions, member-service model, or political reality, and here's how to pick the right one before you commit.
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