Starting and managing a nonprofit organization : a legal guide (4th ed)

Up-to-date information on changes in laws, rules, and regulations governing the nonprofit sectorNonprofit organizations must comply with stringent federal and state regulations or risk losing their tax-exempt status.

With a wealth of new material, the Fourth Edition of this easy-to-read resource contains essential information on virtually every legal aspect of starting and operating a nonprofit organization from receiving and maintaining tax-exempt status to tips for successful management practices.Bruce R.

Hopkins (Kansas City, MO) is the country's leading authority on tax-exempt organizations and a lawyer with the firm Polsinelli, Shalton & Welte, PC.

He is the author of 15 books, including The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations (0-471-26820-8) and The Tax Law of Charitable Giving (0-471-35623-9), both published by Wiley.