Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta
An employee handbook can be an important tool in clarifying roles, enhancing performance management, and reducing legal risk in a nonprofit organization. A clearly drafted and comprehensive employee handbook that contains policies the organization actually follows, can help ensure not only that managers, supervisors and employees understand the rules and guidelines that govern their employment, …
Our Fundraising series is exploring the legal aspects of conducting various fundraising activities in the state of Georgia. In this session, our speaker will explain the things nonprofits need to consider when hosting sporting activities such as road races and golf tournaments in Georgia. She will cover topics including risk issues, income and sales tax, …
Updated July 1, 2024 If your organization’s plans for the new year include a name change, check out our article that presents steps for changing the legal name of a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization in Georgia. Name Change Article
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) requires organizations to make reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures in order to make their goods and services available to people with disabilities. While this provision has historically been applied to physical “brick-and-mortar” facilities, some courts, including the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a …
Confusion over service animals, which are specially trained to help people with disabilities, and emotional support animals, which are used to provide emotional support, but don’t necessarily require any specialized training, have become prevalent in our day and time. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), State and local governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that …
Up to now only section 501(c)(3) public charities with assets totally $10 million or more and those filing Form 990-N were required to file electronic Form 990s. With the Taxpayer First Act, all 501(c)(3) public charities will be required to file their Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990N electronically. This requirement will be phased …