PRACTICE AREAS
Legal Services for Nonprofit and Tax-exempt Organizations
Caritas Law Group regularly serves as outside general counsel to tax-exempt and nonprofit organizations. We also represent donors with respect to significant gifts, and socially responsible companies with respect to cause-marketing arrangements and corporate giving strategies.
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FEATURED BLOG POSTS
- Who Hires and Fires a Nonprofit CEO?
One of the most common questions new board members ask is: “Who exactly is in charge of the CEO?” The answer surprises many people. Unlike a business, a nonprofit doesn’t have owners who can make that call. By law, no one “owns” a nonprofit. Instead, the board of directors holds the ultimate authority, and that includes the
- Executive Orders, § 501(p), and Nonprofits
Buried in the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 is a provision most nonprofits have never heard of: Internal Revenue Code § 501(p). It doesn’t deal with private inurement, lobbying limits, or excess benefit transactions. Instead, it gives the IRS a blunt enforcement tool: if another federal authority designates a nonprofit as supporting terrorism, the IRS
- When Advocacy Is Branded Terrorism: What Nonprofits Must Know Now
The White House’s memorandum, known as NSPM-7, directs the Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI, and the IRS to coordinate investigations into individuals and organizations allegedly “aiding” political violence. While its stated goal is to curb extremism, the language is alarmingly broad—so much so that even vocal criticism of the Administration’s policies could be interpreted