Tax Exemption
Treat Your Nonprofit Idea Like Your Wedding
Planning a wedding, or a nonprofit idea, is often a ton of work (assuming you don’t decide to elope). There are a lot of factors to consider, and usually you...
THIS can hurt your chances at property tax exemption
In my home state of Minnesota, nonprofits can apply for property tax exemption if they use their real estate for mission delivery. Usually this is a faceless process, the nonprofit...
I Just Started a Nonprofit. What About Insurance?
This is a question I WISH more founders asked me! What kind of insurance do I need? (more…)
What the heck is a B-Corp?
When dealing with the idea of becoming a B-corp, a lot of the time the people I meet with have awesome ideas that just don’t need to be a nonprofit,...
Down With the Overhead Pie Chart!
You know what I'm talking about, the pie chart you see on annual reports from nonprofits all the time that show a lot of money going to "programs" and a...
Does the Board President Get Veto Power?
One of the things I've noticed in my years as the lawyer for nonprofits is the confusion people have about the board chair or board president role. Sometimes clients come...
What If Somebody Asks to See Our 990s?
So, you get a strange phone call at the office – somebody wants back copies of the organization's 990s. Feels a little invasive doesn't it? Or like…. what do they...
3 secret tips to be better at board meetings
New nonprofits often start with board members who have no training or experience with running an effective board meeting. And most new boards don't even realize they are shaping the...
4 Things to Think About Before Naming an Attorney to a Nonprofit Board
I work with a lot of people who’d like to start a nonprofit, and one of first things I usually have to remind those founders is that a nonprofit startup...
