By NEO Law Group
On January 14, 2009, Jill S. Dodd of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and Bert W. Feuss of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation presented "UPMIFA: One Year Later" for the Northern California Planned Giving Council. UPMIFA is the acronym for the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, which California adopted effective January 1, 2009, […]
The close of one year and start of a new year is a great time for reflection and resolution. Here is a list of 10 resolutions for your nonprofit board of directors to consider: Bonus Resolution (1/1/2026 Update): We will read more about Purpose-Driven Board Leadership and see how it may help our board, our […]
“Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I’m sorry, I’m gonna have to plead ignorance on this one, because if I had known that sort of thing was frowned upon …” – George (after having sex with the cleaning woman on his desk at work). Negligence is no defense for shoddy governance. Be educated […]
Day Two of the WCTEO began with EO attorney Bruce Hopkins delivering his always informative and entertaining program on new developments over the past year, focusing particularly on private letter rulings (PLRs). Here are some of the notable PLRs: Denying recognition of exemption under 501(c)(3) because of operation in substantially commercial manner: 200944053 Denying recognition of […]
2009 is an interesting year for the low-profit limited liability (L3C) concept because it presents the first test of an L3C’s ability to operate under current federal law and IRS regulations. One concern raised is the process by which private foundations will make program-related investments (PRIs) to this new legal entity. A PRI is an […]
I tweeted day one of the 2009 Georgetown Representing & Managing Tax-Exempt Organizations Conference today. The absence of wireless access in the Hyatt conference rooms prevented live tweeting, but I posted the following tweets during breaks and in the evening: IRS Director, Exempt Organizations, Lois Lerner, noted an increase in EO applications this year – […]
The L3C (low-profit limited liability company), which was first enacted by Vermont (April 30, 2008), has acquired much attention and momentum in the last year. In the first months of 2009 alone, Michigan (Jan. 15, 2009), Wyoming (Feb. 4, 2009), and the Crow Indian Nation in Montana (Jan. 13, 2009) formally adopted the L3C legislation. According […]
The low-profit, limited liability company, or L3C, is sometimes referred to as a type of hybrid of a nonprofit and for-profit organization. More specifically, it is a new type of limited liability company (LLC) designed to attract private investments and philanthropic capital in ventures designed to provide a social benefit. Unlike a standard LLC, the […]
At the Council on Foundation Conference, former director of the Exempt Organizations division of the IRS Marcus Owens discussed the concept of a new form of legal entity that might be an appropriate vehicle (1) for social enterprises, and (2) to receive program-related investments – the low-profit limited liability company or L3C. The L3C would […]
On December 5, 2006, Melanie Herman, E.D. of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, and I gave a very short presentation on insurance for the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network. I began the presentation with a discussion of liability. Liabilities Liability may be defined as a type of risk for which there is an attribution of fault […]