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Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment

NonProfit Quarterly

Its board actions might be reversed because they were not taken pursuant to the organizations bylaws or applicable corporate laws. Ensure activities are operated consistent with all applicable laws , including Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code and any licensing, registration, zoning, and contractual requirements.

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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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Local Militias Step into Government Gaps

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Josiah S on istock.com Founded in March 2009, the Oath Keepers are an anti-government far-right militia group comprising former law enforcement, first responders, and former military who pledge to defend the United States against government tyranny at all costs. Actual law enforcement looked the other way.

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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. In an LEC, residents collectively own and govern their housingsuch as an apartment buildingbut there are restrictions in place to limit the resale price of their ownership interest (share) to a modest appreciation rate.

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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. A company that conducts this type of charitable sales promotion is regulated under state charitable solicitation laws as a “commercial co-venturer” (“CCV”). [1] Law § 171-a(6). New York Exec.

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A New Framework for Governance Duties: Loving Accountability and Abundant Resourcing

NonProfit Quarterly

In Reimagining Nonprofit Boards , a three-part series based on the NPQ webinar, A New Framework for Boards, Ananda Valenzuela challenges traditional governance models and offers a new vision for boards that empower rather than constrain. So, what does good governance look like? Fundamentally, the board does not operate in a vacuum.

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From Policy to Power: Centering People by Supporting Tenant Unions

NonProfit Quarterly

In all these iterations, organized tenants share a common and specific economic relationship of paying rent to a certain landlord, as well as an ideological and political commitment to a set of values and beliefs, including that everyone deserves access to safe, affordable housing.