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Newsletter: Start 2025 Strong with These Lead-Gen Tips ; Cause Marketing Law Resources ⚖️ ; Why a News Vacation Could Be Exactly What You Need ️

Selfish Giving

Theyre typically less tied up with daily operations in early January, making it the perfect time for high-value outreach. Position yourself as an expert and offer a free audit of their current system, program, or strategy as a value-add. It says a lot about your leadership and values. And guess what? She booked the meeting!

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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.

Law 128
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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.

Law 147
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How Understanding Endowment Law Is Key to Liberating Philanthropic Assets

NonProfit Quarterly

The reasons are multiple, but often, leaders claim that the law compels their behavior. In other words, foundation (also known as fund or endowment) law is manipulated to encourage wealth hoarding among actors who at least claim to prefer not to hoard wealth. This is probably not true; we’ll look at the nuances.)

Law 135
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Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)

Selfish Giving

requested guidance on in the Selfish Giving / Accelerist Partnership Law Survey you completed last year. What options does our organization have to provide value to our corporate partners? This is the final part of a four-part series on the four key legal issues you - my readers! Engagement Strategies That Avoid incurring UBIT 1.

Law 147
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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. This mechanism permits the seller to collect a modest increase in value while ensuring affordability to future buyers. By contrast, in market-rate co-ops, the sale price is uncapped.