Conflicts of interest are rooted in the fiduciary duty of loyalty owed by directors and officers to their nonprofit corporations. The duty of loyalty requires directors and officers to act at all...
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Target the Right Tactics! If you haven’t already done so, now is the time to lay the groundwork for a successful new year. Here are 3 steps you can take to help ensure success in 2019. 1....
Thanks to our donors, the Legal Center for Nonprofits is continuing to make a difference in our community and beyond by providing low-cost legal services to charities and nonprofits. With your...
All too often, when founders come to discuss an idea for a new nonprofit, and I ask, “How will you fund it?” the answer is, “We’ll get grants.” But can they? And is that all there is? As...
Three Things to Consider When Recruiting Your First Nonprofit Board of Directors
As we saw in our last post, the names of a new nonprofit’s board members need to be included in the formation documents you submit for incorporation. But finding these founding board members is...
One of the first decisions in forming a nonprofit, once the initial questions have been answered (see prior post), is to choose a legal structure for the new organization. While there are a number of...