Employers routinely get calls asking them to verify information about former employees. A manager may only be asked to confirm a person’s dates of employment, but quite often the questions go [...]
One reason a nonprofit might seek to qualify as a 501(c)(4) organization is to pursue lobbying activities at the federal or state level. Unlike other popular forms of nonprofit, a 501(c)(4) can [...]
Setting up a 501(c)(4) organization to pursue lobbying efforts involves many different moving parts. The organization itself needs to be established. Potential donors must be identified and [...]
As defined under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), a social welfare organization is an entity operated without profit and exclusively for the promotion of public welfare. [...]
The terrible events at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in October were the latest in a string of shooting incidents at houses of worship over the last decade. These events have brought into [...]
Volunteers often form the backbone of a church’s operations. They can play an important role in everything from minor maintenance to bookkeeping. They should also be a significant consideration [...]
A common question for people who are new to the nonprofit world is who “owns” the nonprofit organization. Is it the people who initially organize it? Major donors? Its directors or managers? For [...]
As churches grow their management often becomes significantly more complicated than it was when the church was relatively small. A church’s board can find it difficult to give adequate attention [...]
The need for unanimity is one of the features that distinguishes nonprofit governance from for-profit boards. In a for-profit setting, directors of companies sometimes take contrary positions [...]
Nonprofits that want to expand beyond the borders of their home states can be surprised by the added complexity that can come from operating in other states. Although efforts have been underway [...]