Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: COF_: #Nonprofit Times Special Report on Sector's Legal Challenges: http://cot.ag/eDXCuC charitylawyer: just posted guidelines for setting compensation for nonprofit execs: http://bit.ly/gc35v2 GTak: A Checklist for Social Media...
Bar Leadership Institute 2011 – Risk Management
I'm in Chicago today to give a couple of workshops on risk management for bar association leaders at the 2011 ABA Bar Leadership Institute. Here's the agenda: Legal Duties of the Board Directors' Exposure to Liability Delegation of Authority Contracts Unhappy Employees Social Media Here's an excerpt of part...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – March 4, 2011
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: GTak: Will BCS get a call from the IRS re 501(c)(3) status? http://sbn.to/dQAQyf – What was acceptable in past is no longer acceptable in future npquarterly: MA...
Nonprofit and Exempt Organizations Law Class – USF
Last week, Gene and I had the pleasure of guest lecturing at the University of San Francisco School of Management and Business. We had a great discussion on nonprofit and exempt organizations law with the MBA students of Professor Kathleen Fletcher’s Nonprofit Management course. We covered a broad range...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – February 25, 2011
Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: ssstrom: It's been busy! Smile Train-Operation Smile Merger Divides a Board – http://nyti.ms/fBDjMk GTak: Social Media Risks and Policies for Associations http://bit.ly/gtzZXp (Whitepaper – SocialFish) NonProfitBanker: Lessons...
Board Meeting Minutes – Part II
This is the second part of our two-part series on board meeting minutes. The previous post, “Board Meeting Minutes – Part I” can be viewed here. The content and retention of board meeting minutes are also important in part because of who may inspect the minutes and why such inspection...
Board Meeting Minutes – Part I
Board meeting minutes are an important but often undervalued form of recordkeeping for organizations. Minutes provide a memorialized chronology of key information such as board actions, elections of officers or directors, and certain reports from committees and staff. Additionally, meeting minutes can have important legal significance in an IRS examination...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – February 18, 2011
Nice to have the Nonprofit Law Blog listed as one of the 50 Best Blogs for Non-Profit Leaders this week by BSchool. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: NatlCouncilNPs: Hey #nonprofits: don't have...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – February 11, 2011
The past week was a very eventful one for us. The big news: We became a Certified B Corporation. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: GTak: Tax Cut Deal Could Benefit Charities http://nyti.ms/dLBAH4...
Corporate Flexibility Act of 2011
On February 8, California Sen. Mark DeSaulnier introduced the Corporate Flexibility Act of 2011 (SB 201) which would authorize and regulate the formation and operation of a new form of corporate entity known as a flexible purpose corporation. As stated in the Legislative Counsel’s Digest: The bill would specify the required and permitted...