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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815181103321
• Autore: Hopkins Bruce R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2013
• ISBN: 1-118-53419-0; 1-283-91751-3; 1-118-52048-3
• Edizione: [6th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (381 p.)
• Collana: Wiley nonprofit authority series
• Disciplina: 346.73/064
• Soggetti: Nonprofit organizations - Law and legislation - United States; Nonprofit organizations - Taxation - Law and legislation - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Starting a nonprofit organization -- What is a nonprofit organization? -- Starting a nonprofit organization -- Debunking some myths and misperceptions -- Being nonprofit, legally -- Nonprofit organizations : much more than charity -- Glossary -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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