The Law of Fundraising: 2007 Cumulative Supplement [Paperback]

Bruce R. Hopkins (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471797251 | ISBN-13: 978-0471797258 | Publication Date: March 30, 2007 | Edition: 3

The 2007 Cumulative Supplement contains updates on the following subjects:

• Law aspects of charitable fundraising by means of the Internet
• Intermediate sanctions rules
• Corporate sponsorship rules
• IRS Implementing Guidelines for government fiscal years 2002 to 2006
• Revised and considerably revamped application for recognition of exemption filed by nonprofit entities that wish to be tax-exempt charitable organizations (Form 1023).
• Litigation relating to the national do-not-call registry rules

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book will remain within arms-length of my office chair" (CharityChannel, 6/14/2004) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

BRUCE R. HOPKINS is the country's leading authority on tax-exempt organizations and is a lawyer with the firm Polsinelli, Shalton, Welte, Suelthaus, P.C. He is also the author of fifteen books, including The Law of Intermediate Sanctions, The Legal Answer Book for Private Foundations, The Legal Answer Book for Nonprofit Organizations, The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations 8E, Private Foundations: Tax Law and Compliance 2E, and Starting and Managing a Nonprofit Organization: A Legal Guide 3E, as well as the newsletter Bruce Hopkins' Nonprofit Counsel, all published by Wiley.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (March 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471797251
• ISBN-13: 978-0471797258
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,503,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bruce R. Hopkins is a lawyer who divides his time between the writing of books and his monthly newsletter, and the practice of law.

He is a senior partner in the law firm of Polsinelli Shughart PC, practicing in the firm's Kansas City, Missouri, and Washington, D.C., offices. He specializes in the representation of nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations. His practice ranges over the entirety of law matters involving exempt organizations, with emphasis on the formation of nonprofit organizations, acquisition of recognition of tax-exempt status for them, governance and the law, the private inurement and private benefit doctrines, the intermediate sanctions rules, legislative and political campaign activities issues, public charity and private foundation rules, unrelated business planning, use of exempt and for-profit subsidiaries, joint venture planning, tax shelter involvement, review of annual information returns, Internet communications developments, the law of charitable giving (including planned giving), and fundraising law issues.

Mr. Hopkins is the series editor of John Wiley & Sons' Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series. He is the author (or, in some instances, co-author) of 26 books that are currently on the market. His first book, The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, was first published in 1975. His most recent book, Fundraising Law Made Easy, was published in 2009. He writes a monthly newsletter, Bruce R. Hopkins' Nonprofit Counsel. All of these publications are published by John Wiley & Sons.

He received the 2007 Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Award (Vanguard Lifetime Achievement Award) from the American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Committee on Nonprofit Organizations. He is listed in "The Best Lawyers in America," Nonprofit Organizations/Charities Law, 2007-2010.

He participates in many conferences and seminars, including those sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center, the University of Texas, PESI, AICPA, Salk Institute, and Loyola University (Los Angeles).

He maintains the Nonprofit Law Center, accessible at www.nonprofitlawcenter.com.

He earned his J.D. and LL.M. degrees at the George Washington University National Law Center, and his B.A. at the University of Michigan.

He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and the state of Missouri.