Starting and managing a nonprofit organization : a legal guide / Bruce R. Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkins, Bruce R.

Series:

Wiley Nonprofit Authority

Wiley nonprofit authority series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Law and legislation--United States.

Nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit organizations--Taxation--Law and legislation--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Edition:

6th ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Wiley, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nuts-and-bolts guidance on the laws, rules, and regulations governing the nonprofit sector-from leading nonprofit law expert, Bruce R. Hopkins Nonprofits must comply with stringent federal and state laws due to their special tax-exempt status; the government's ultimate threat is revocation of a nonprofit's tax-exempt status, which usually means the nonprofit's demise. Written in plain English, not ""legalese,"" Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization: A Legal Guide, Sixth Edition, provides essential guidance for those interested in starting nonprofits, as well as valuabl

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Starting a nonprofit organization

What is a nonprofit organization?

Debunking some myths and misperceptions

Being nonprofit, legally

Nonprofit organizations : much more than charity

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-118-53419-0

1-283-91751-3

1-118-52048-3

OCLC:

823389932