| Legal Answer Book Fund Raisers First Contributor(s): Hopkins (Author) |
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ISBN: 0471356190 ISBN-13: 9780471356196 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons OUR PRICE: $94.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: Critical legal information for enhancing and expanding the activities of charitable fund-raisers As the competition for gifts grows increasingly intense, managers and fund-raisers for charitable organizations must learn how to work with tax and business law to optimize their return. Written by the leading legal authority on tax-exempt organizations, this book provides an accessible approach to understanding the various laws and offers solutions to enhance an organization's wealth and effectiveness. Bruce Hopkins clearly explains to fund-raisers the pertinent aspects of the law, enabling them to dramatically increase funding without legal missteps. He also thoroughly details the steps needed to solve the fund-raiser's most pressing legal headaches, including maintenance of tax exemption and public charity status, planned giving, charitable giving rules, unrelated business activities, fund-raiser's compensation, state regulations, and much more. This book provides critical answers to fund-raisers' questions such as:
With its comprehensive coverage of the legal issues that nonprofit organizations face, The First Legal Answer Book for Fund-Raisers is a powerful resource that every fund-raiser must have! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Nonprofit Organizations & Charities - General - Business & Economics | Business Law |
| Dewey: 346.730 |
| LCCN: 99052785 |
| Series: Wiley Nonprofit Law, Finance and Management |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 7" W x 10" (1.24 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Critical legal information for enhancing and expanding theactivities of charitable fund-raisers As the competition for gifts grows increasingly intense, managersand fund-raisers for charitable organizations must learn how towork with tax and business law to optimize their return. Written bythe leading legal authority on tax-exempt organizations, this bookprovides an accessible approach to understanding the various lawsand offers solutions to enhance an organization's wealth andeffectiveness. Bruce Hopkins clearly explains to fund-raisers thepertinent aspects of the law, enabling them to dramaticallyincrease funding without legal missteps. He also thoroughly detailsthe steps needed to solve the fund-raiser's most pressing legalheadaches, including maintenance of tax exemption and publiccharity status, planned giving, charitable giving rules, unrelatedbusiness activities, fund-raiser's compensation, state regulations, and much more. This book provides critical answers to fund-raisers' questions suchas: * What law basics should every fund-raiser know? * Is a charitable organization required to apply to the IRS fortax-exempt status? * What are the charitable contribution deduction rules? * How do the unrelated business income rules apply tofund-raisers? * How does a charitable organization start a planned givingprogram? * What are the important elements of the fund-raiser'scontract? * What are the contents of a typical charitable solicitationact? * Can a charitable organization have a taxable subsidiary? * When does a fund-raiser need a lawyer? With its comprehensive coverage of the legal issues that nonprofitorganizations face, The First Legal Answer Book for Fund-Raisers is a powerful resourcethat every fund-raiser must have |