Starting a nonprofit organization

Starting a Nonprofit Organization: Asking the Right Questions

If you're interested in starting a nonprofit organization, I'm sure you've searched on Google to figure out how to get started. Maybe you've even sought out a local food shelf or animal shelter and asked...
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Top Tip: Successful Nonprofit Fundraising

Nonprofit founders, do you know where your money is going to come from? Hint - it's not going to show up out of thin air. Lots of founders assume they can figure out the money...
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Do you really know what lawyers do?

What do lawyers do for nonprofits? A lot of my clients came to me for the reasons you’d expect – something got hosed up, they received a scary lawyer-letter, they were facing a HUGE problem...
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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 don’t even know all the...
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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…)
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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, or sometimes they really shouldn’t...
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What Does it Mean to Be a Nonprofit Board Member?

I work with a lot of people who think they'd like to start a nonprofit, and one of first things I usually have to remind those founders is that a nonprofit needs board members. Usually,...

Birken Law Office – Law firm serving nonprofits organizations, and foundations – Birken Law

Birken Law Office – Law firm serving nonprofits organizations, and foundations – Birken Law
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