Rules of the road for nonprofit leaders : using the law to achieve your mission
Publication Information
Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2025]
Physical Description
viii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
"The United States has the most robust nonprofit sector in the world. It is guided by rules that have enabled countless nonprofits to achieve their missions. These rules have also helped shape the sector into a remarkable expression of the disparate and collective aspirations that Americans hold, both for their communities and the planet. However, the rules governing nonprofits are confusing for anyone who is not trained as a lawyer. They are written in negative and convoluted language that stresses what is forbidden, and they tend to paralyze those who are trying to change the status quo. Nonprofit leaders need and deserve clear rules and regulations that tell them what they can and should do to achieve their missions. A reframing of these rules does more than explain, however. Once we look at nonprofit rules from a different lens, we can think more clearly about how these laws can be more responsive to the changing needs of the nonprofit sector and of our society"--
Contents
- Introduction
- Keep the mission front and center
- Govern wisely
- Fill the coffers
- Go into business?
- Treat your friends and colleagues well - just not too well
- Advocate for your cause
- Complete the paperwork
- Know how to change course
- A constructive way forward.