Book description
The ins and outs of fundraising law-made easy-from nonprofit law
authority Bruce Hopkins
Author Bruce R. Hopkins-a leading authority on the laws regulating
fundraising-offers essential, practical legal information in
easy-to-understand English. His practical tips and "red
flags" provide useful advice and present critical information in
an efficient and comprehensible fashion.
Now your organization can be fully informed about the basic legal
requirements affecting fundraising and avoid the perils lurking in the
myriad tax-law traps. Fundraising Law Made Easy clearly shows
you how, with everything you need to know about
- The fundraising process
- State charitable solicitation acts
- Federal tax charitable giving rules
- Requirements of the new Form 990
- How constitutional law, governance, and IRS audit practices
pertain to charitable fundraising
- Expert advice from Bruce Hopkins, the author of more than 20
books on nonprofit counsel, including The New Form 990 and
Charitable Giving Law Made Easy
Mandatory reading whether you are a charitable organization
development officer, fundraising consultant, a trustee, or a director,
Fundraising Law Made Easy illuminates the rules surrounding
charitable giving, and authoritatively and thoroughly guides you
through every aspect of its laws.
BRUCE R. HOPKINS is a senior partner with the law
firm Polsinelli Shughart PC. He is also the author or coauthor of more
than twenty-five books, all published by Wiley, including The Law
of Tax-Exempt Organizations, Ninth Edition; The New Form 990;
and Nonprofit Law Made Easy. Hopkins earned his Juris Doctorate
and Master of Laws degrees at the George Washington University. He has
practiced law for forty years and is a member of the District of
Columbia and Missouri bars.
