Updated: December 2, 2024 In addition to registering for tax-exempt status with the IRS and forming your corporation in your state, did you know that your charity should register for “charitable solicitation”? Nonprofits have significant obligations to register in states where they ask for money. These rules can be traps for the wary. During this one hour webinar, our speakers help nonprofits understand who needs to register to solicit donations and how to determine where (which states) …

Keeping it all in the family is important to Ashley Richardson, owner of City Automotive. Thirty-two years ago his father began this family-owned business, where Mr. Richardson and his wife now work. Even their 11-year-old son can occasionally be found helping out. Ashley Richardson of City Automotive Mr. Richardson recently found himself in need of an equipment loan in order to keep this family-centered business thriving. Several banks turned Mr. Richardson down but eventually he found the …

Rosa Arnold’s son, Albert T. Mills, was shot in the back and killed during a robbery in 1994 when he was working a second job over the holidays to support his family. Rosa went to the arraignment hearing for the two young men who shot her son and was struck by how callous and cold they were. She felt compelled to take action in the wake of her son’s death and chose to focus her efforts on …

Rachel Epps Spears, Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta, talks with Happy R. Perkins, Vice President of the GEneral Electric Company and General Counsel of GE Energy, about the Atlanta in-house legal community’s commitment to pro bono service. Read it in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Special Report.

“It all started about a year ago, when Rick Hobish, executive director of the White Plains, N.Y.-based Pro Bono Parnership, spoke to several representatives from Atlanta corporate legal departments and law firms at a luncheon sponsored by GE Power. … [His] presentation inspired in-house attorneys at the luncheon–lawyers from companies such as GE, The Coca-Cola Co. and Cox Communications–to form a board of directors and start raising funds to create the Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta.” Read …