Whether a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization is set up to pursue a narrow purpose, like advocating for a particular piece of legislation, or has broad goals, it typically will need to raise [...]
Effective governance of a nonprofit requires care and consistency. Especially as an organization’s team grows, having policies in place to guide staff in a broad range of matters is a good way to [...]
Like any other organization, a nonprofit can acquire controlling interests in other legal entities. Although a separate organization can create a bit more administrative work, it can offer [...]
A nonprofit’s leaders can seem like superheroes at times, often handling many different roles for the organization while often also keeping up with a “day job” and keeping up with busy family [...]
Many people like to include charitable gifts in their wills and other estate plans. For beneficiary organizations these kinds of gifts are potentially significant sources of giving. An [...]
Operating a soup kitchen, providing boxed meals to people in need, and other food-related charitable work is a profoundly important source of life-sustaining nutrition for many families. Any [...]
Authentically “fake” news—articles posted online that are completely fabricated or full of wildly misleading claims, typically from disreputable sources that are trying to generate traffic to [...]
For many nonprofits, the idea of asking directors to sign contracts that set out the terms of their directorship may seem like an excessive formality. But quite often a contract can serve useful [...]
Because nonprofits cannot be operated to the private benefit of an individual or organization, they can’t simply distribute their assets to just anyone when it’s time to wind up their operations. [...]
The right to vote is central to a thriving democracy. In recent years there have been a number of cases where voting rights have been perceived as under attack or underused by the public. In [...]