Nonprofit Law: Year in Review

Nonprofit Law: Year in Review

Wednesday, December 11 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Webinar

Presented by: Don Kramer, Esq., Partner, Montgomery McCracken, and Editor, Nonprofit Issues

Moderated by: Ashley Suhler Tobin, Director of Standards for Excellence, PANO

Offered in Partnership with: Nonprofit Issues

*CPE & CLE credits are available for this program for accountants and lawyers; to receive credit you must register via Nonprofit Issues' website HERE.

It has been a significant year in nonprofit law. And next year may be even more significant.

Join Nonprofit Issues® editor and long-time PA nonprofit attorney Don Kramer for his annual review of what happened this year and what to expect coming up, including:

• Challenges are pending on the Constitutionality of the Johnson Amendment prohibiting charity electioneering and the validity of the requirement for Schedule B of the Form 990. The debate about donor advised funds continues.
• We now have a current judicial definition of how much electioneering is permitted for 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations. It could change the role of “dark money” in politics. But will it make any difference?
• Changes to the Tax Code next year could significantly affect contributions and the climate for giving, which was significantly changed by the last big tax bill.
• What is happening with higher education? Has the Ivy League really broken America? Will their endowments be taxed more heavily because of it?
• Will nonprofits be prohibited from advancing diversity, equity and inclusion? Several courts and organizations have spoken.
• On corporate governance, there have been key developments in indemnification, membership rights and fiduciary duties. Whatever happened to the National Rifle Association?
• With charitable trusts, several cases have affected trustee rights and obligations and the ability of a beneficiary to terminate a charitable trust because of trustee fees.
• On charitable solicitation registration, we used to say there were registration requirements in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Now it is only 38 states and the District of Columbia. Why and how are the requirements for registration changing?
• Can a fundraiser be stopped from using donor information gained with one charity when working for a new organization on the grounds that the donor information is a trade secret?
• Does the Corporate Transparency Act affect nonprofits?
• Pennsylvania has begun to enforce a new annual registration requirement. What must nonprofits do and what happens if they don’t?
• What is happening in nonprofit journalism?

Here’s what people had to say about last year’s “nonprofit law year in review” webinar:

• I thought this was better than two full days of [a university's] EO program
• This program has a ton of information and is very helpful
• Awesome
• Every respondent said that they learned something they could use in their work and would recommend the webinar to others.

Nonprofit Issues® is an Accredited Provider for Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education. CLE credit is available for PA lawyers participating in this webinar. If you are a lawyer in a state that accepts CLE credits from other jurisdictions, Nonprofit Issues can provide certificates of attendance and proof ofPA approval. CPE credits are also available for Pennsylvania accountants.

*CPE & CLE credits are available for this program for accountants and lawyers; to receive credit you must register via Nonprofit Issues' website HERE.

Single Login Cost:
$45 per person for PANO Members | $100 per person for Not-Yet Members

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About the Facilitators

Donald W. Kramer, Partner, Montgomery McCracken

Donald W. Kramer serves as chair of Montgomery McCracken’s Nonprofit practice group.

Don has more than 45 years of experience dealing with the concerns of nonprofit organizations, not only as a lawyer, but also as a teacher, writer, publisher, and board member. He has worked with nonprofits of all types and sizes, helping structure startup situations and restructure multiorganizational health and educational systems. He counsels on a wide range of nonprofit corporate structure and governance, private and community foundations, continuing care retirement communities, exempt organization taxation, low-income housing tax credit transactions, real estate, charitable giving, and other nonprofit issues.

Don has provided legal services to The Philadelphia Foundation for more than 40 years.

Don serves as the editor and publisher of Don Kramer’s Nonprofit Issues®, a national newsletter of “Nonprofit Law You Need to Know,” which he founded in 1989.

Prior to joining Montgomery McCracken in 1972, Don served as deputy development coordinator and assistant to the mayor of Philadelphia.