Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Emily: Common Cause releases IRS complaint alleging ALEC [American Legislative Exchange Council] is not a 501(c)(3) & under reporting lobbying; ALEC responds – http://flpbd.it/gLM6K Gene: Need to understand the 2011 Form 990 & […]

Big news in the social enterprise space: San Francisco Supervisors unanimously voted to give city contract preferences to benefit corporations. This is on its way to becoming the first such law in the country. President of the Board of Supervisors David Chiu was responsible for introducing the legislation hailed by many social entrepreneurs but opposed by […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Gene: New MN law limits givebacks by charities that receive donations from frauds like Tom Petters' – http://www.startribune.com/p GuideStarUSA: SO excited to announce Financial SCAN, 1st-ever platform that assesses nonprofit financial health: http://www.guidestar.org/rxg/p […]

Lots happening this week, including the Nonprofit Technology (NTEN) Conference and Skoll World Forum. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Gene: Great Graphic on number of registered tax-exempt organizations in 2011 from the Chronicle of Philanthropy – http://philanthropy.com/a AAPIP: […]

You can listen to Emily and me on Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio today (1:00 pm ET; 10:00 am PT) discussing Kony 2012 from a legal perspective. Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Patrick Sternal: Congratulations to the 2012 ABA Outstanding […]

Some big news for Emily Chan and NEO Law Group to be announced today and posted separately (stay tuned).  Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Emily: Need long view + wide net – Dr. Antoinette La Belle on finding […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Gene: A nonprofit leader CAN be personally responsible for unpaid payroll taxes – http://docs.justia.com/ Gene: 501(c)(4) organizations and political activities – recorded interview with nonprofit attorney Ofer Lion – http://english.ruvr.ru Rob Reich: Are […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises: Philanthropy: NYTimes Drops Philanthropy As an Area of Coverage ow.ly/9ynWz [Ed. – Bad timing NY Times – the big story this week …] Stefan Wolff: Well-balanced and nuanced perspective on Kony2012 in NY […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Emily: Many legal gray areas in digital advocacy. Q for org about risk tolerance – know the current risks! http://bit.ly/AykUK6 Gene: If IRS audits, good to have policy and preserve record of immediately […]

Here are some of my favorite posts of the week in the areas of nonprofit organizations, corporate governance, philanthropy, and social enterprises:  Lucy Berhnolz: Thoughts on future of philanthropy - http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/ Stanford Social Innovation Review: What are the Foundation Center’s goals for the Nonprofit Collaboration Database’s upgrade? – http://ow.ly/9g3Q2 Emily: New York Attorney General Announces Plan […]