The 25th Western Conference on Tax Exempt Organizations takes place virtually on Thursday and Friday, December 2-3, and I’m very excited to be moderating a session on Becoming an Anti-racist Organization: Legal Issues. The session features an esteemed panel: Chai Feldblum, Lauren Haverlock, Jean Tom, and Cherie Williams. Register...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 11/26/21
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “Three white men were found guilty of murder and other charges on Wednesday for the pursuit and fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old...
DAO: What is it? What does it mean for nonprofits?
In the past week, ConstitutionDAO raised over $45 million to bid for a first edition copy of the United States Constitution. Ultimately, they did not win the auction held by Sotheby’s on Thursday, but they put the power and influence of DAOs on the map with heavy national news...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 11/19/21
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “More than a year after President Biden clinched the White House on a pledge to “build back better,” House Democrats delivered on that promise,...
Affirmative Action Plans—A Potentially Important Safeguard for Race-Based Grantmaking
Anti-discrimination laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 preclude organizations from making decisions on the basis of race or other protected characteristics in a variety of situations such as funding, programming and employment. See our previous posts...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 11/12/21
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “Less than 10 months after taking office and several days after his party suffered a stinging defeat in the Virginia governor’s race, President Biden...
Anti-Discrimination Laws – Section 1981
Nonprofits must be aware of and compliant with applicable anti-discrimination laws. In an earlier post, we discussed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This post focuses on Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, codified in Title 42 of the U.S. Code. Contrast to Title...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 11/5/21
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “A group of philanthropic foundations and international development banks announced a $10.5 billion fund to help emerging economies make the switch from fossil fuels...
Nonprofit Radio: Risk Management II
I’ll be on Tony Martignetti’s Nonprofit Radio podcast speaking with Tony in Part II of our two-part discussion on nonprofit risk management. You can find our post on Part I, focusing on indemnification, here. While we focused mostly on legal risks, there are other risks that can be equally or even...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 10/29/21
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. This week’s Tweets of the Week was included on LexBlog’s Best of Law Blogging! Notable Events of the Week: “Facebook has never publicly disclosed what it knows about how...