Nonprofit Governance: Law, Practices, and Trends

A complete analysis of the law, practices, and trends ofnonprofit governance from two of the nation’s leading lawyers onthe law of tax-exempt organizations pRecent scandals in the charitable sector as well as the adoptionof a myriad of nonprofit best practices and guidelines have createda need and demand for better governance of nonprofits. In NonprofitGovernance, renowned author Bruce R. Hopkins and his law partner,Virginia Gross, share their combined decades of legal expertise toprovide a comprehensive, authoritative examination of the law,practices, and trends of nonprofit governance./ppIn this comprehensive, one-stop resource, Hopkins and Grossdeftly summarize the law that exists and explain and evaluate themany good governance principles that have been promulgated.iNonprofit Governance/i helps leaders and managers of nonprofitorganizations, and their lawyers, accountants, and advisors,to:/pulliUnderstand the legal backdrop for nonprofit governance/liliSift through the numerous good governance principles andguidelines/liliSelect the ones that most appropriately apply to theirparticular organization/liliDevise suitable policies and procedures/liliImprove their operations and effectiveness/liliUndertake a comprehensive governance legal audit/liliBe in a position to file Forms 990 that cast them in the bestpossible light regarding nonprofit governance/li/ulpiNonprofit Governance/i is a must-read for anyone facinggood governance decisions in a nonprofit organization and is lostin the maze of conflicting principles, ever-increasing policies andprocedures, murky law, and the intensity of the IRS in insisting onadoption of various principles in the absence of legal requirementsfor them./p

Additional ISBNs: 9780470358047, 0470358041, 9780470486191, 0470486198