By NEO Law Group
For the third consecutive year, I attended the CAN Annual Conference and was again rewarded with excellent presentations, workshops and networking opportunities. I was particularly impressed with the workshop "The Accountability Challenge: What’s Right for Your Organization?" led by CAN Executive Director Flo Green, and the two lunchtime plenaries: "Beyond Tomorrow: The Future of Foundation […]
The March 10, 2005 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle included an article entitled “$1.1 million in dubious spending by nonprofits.” The article stated that state auditors called into question more than $1.1 million in spending from state grants and that they concluded that the state lacks adequate safeguards to ensure that grant money is […]
The highlights: Ed Howard, Chief Consultant, Senate Government Modernization Efficiency and Accountability Committee, invited attendees to send him e-mails with proposed changes in the Code as a vehicle for initiating changes in state law to assist the nonprofit community. David Muraki, Deputy Director, California Service Corps, described the State’s plan to create a comprehensive, State-wide […]
I started NEO Law Group twenty years ago in January 2005. And I’ve had the immense pleasure of spending over twelve of those years working with my co-principal/business partner Erin Bradrick and our senior counsel Michele Berger. I’m also very grateful for our nonprofit clients, our colleagues, and our friends doing such important work and […]
For many, 2024 was a difficult year ending with little optimism for 2025. But we recognize that positive social change does not follow an ever-uprising path. There are always peaks and valleys. And I so appreciate those champions in the nonprofit sector who keep doing the work and helping lift others up. With the help […]
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Best of 2024: Editors’ Selections (NPQ) Editor’s Picks: The Best of the CEP Blog in 2024 (Center for Effective Philanthropy) The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2024 […]
2024 was the year of big corporations and billionaires. It was also the year in which Donald Trump was elected to serve as President of the United States; Republican candidates were elected to form a majority of both the House and Senate; the Russian-Ukraine war (prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022) continued to […]
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Preparing the Nonprofit Sector to Meet the Challenges of 2025 (Independent Sector) [Ed. This blog post announces Independent Sector’s newly released 2024 Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector: Annual Review.] The report […]
Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Resources of the Week. Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Threats to Nonprofits — and an Opportunity — on Capitol Hill in 2025 (Ben Gose, Chronicle of Philanthropy) HR 9495: The Good, the Bad?, and the (Potential) Ugly […]
There has certainly been intense reactions to the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act. It’s been labeled the “Nonprofit-Killer Bill” by some. I consider it more the “Nonprofit-Chiller Bill” designed not to stop terror-financing, but to chill the speech of nonprofits not adequately conforming to the ruling party’s agenda. So … how […]