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Corporations, Business Organizations, and Associations Law

Non-Profit and Tax Exempt Organizations Law

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  • Business and Non-Profit Corporations Forms & Documents


  • Resources in this category:
       A Guide to Charities Laws (Minnesota Office of Attorney General Charities Division)
    Summarizes Minnesota laws governing charitable organizations, professional fund-raisers and charitable trusts, including laws requiring registration with, or notice to, the Attorney General.
       Fiduciary Duties of Directors of Charitable Organizations (Minnesota Office of Attorney General Charities Division)
    This guide is "designed to help directors understand their responsibilities as stewards of their organizations." It includes discussions about directors' duty of care, duty of loyalty, duty of obedience to state and federal laws and filing requirements.
       Minnesota Statutes Chapter 317A: Minnesota Non-Profit Corporation Act (Minnesota Revisor of Statutes)
       Cumulative List of Exempt Organizations (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service)
    "This online version of Publication 78, Cumulative List of Organizations, is intended to assist you in learning if an organization is exempt from federal taxation and, if so, determining how much of your contributions to that organization are tax deductible."

    You can search for charities and non-profits here.

       Nonprofit Boards Glossary (BoardSource)
    Most terms defined are legal or concern governance. Some are "management-ese" instead of legalese.
       The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofit Organizations (BoardSource)
    "Nonprofit leaders should look carefully at the provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley and determine whether their organizations ought to voluntarily adopt particular governance practices. ... [I]t is [also] important to note that two provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley apply to all corporate entities, including nonprofit organizations."

    11 pages.

       Wex: Non-Profit Organizations (Legal Information Institute)

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  • Corporate Governance
  • Tax Law
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