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Strong boards make strong nonprofits: What you need to know

Candid

A nonprofit is more like a public company than a private enterprise in that it’s governed by a board of directors as well as its executive team. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions: What’s the difference between an advisory board and a governing board? Can the executive director serve on the board?

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How Boards Can Confidently Assess Executive Pay

NonProfit Quarterly

Boards must contend with a variety of factors, from applicable state and federal laws to the nonprofit’s financial constraints to competitive pay practices to organizational values and the salaries of the rest of its staff. There’s also literally a law within the Internal Revenue Code that prohibits it.

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Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Contracts ??

Selfish Giving

requested guidance on in the Selfish Giving / Accelerist Partnership Law Survey you completed last spring. Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Contracts 1. We are entering into a cause marketing promotion in which our charity will receive a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each Sellco widget. Return Benefits.

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The Next Generation of Mutualism

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The capital markets that can invest in social enterprise are chaotic and low-impact. The left has often undercut a notion of a mutualist future by insisting that every problem needs a large centralized government solution. The right only promotes competitive market solutions to solve for human needs.

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Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Registration & Reporting Requirements ??

Selfish Giving

requested guidance on in the Selfish Giving / Accelerist Partnership Law Survey you completed last spring. Our company is conducting its first ever cause marketing campaign. Law § 171-a(6). This is the second-part of a four-part series on the four key legal issues you - my readers! Company FAQ’s 1. New York Exec.

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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

In the first half of the 20th century, the crisis of rural electrification ended when the government enabled neighbors to access loans for building their own electric co-ops. A small change to employment law in 1974 enabled over 10 million workers to share in the profits of their employers. Another way is still possible.

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How Limited Equity Co-ops Can Sustain Affordable Homeownership

NonProfit Quarterly

Policies such as redlining , as highlighted in Richard Rothsteins The Color of Law , created entrenched housing inequities. They were initially marketed to wealthier urbanites, who wanted the advantages of individual homeownership without all the responsibilities it entailed. Second, education for LEC members is crucial.