Community Leaders, Nonprofit Staff, and Cooperative Extension Agents: Estate planning is your go-to protection against blighted homes, land loss, and generational poverty in the communities you serve. With proper estate planning, your constituents can prevent the creation of heirs property, an unstable form of landownership that limits a family’s ability to make home improvements, manage farm and timber land, and build generational wealth typically leveraged through USDA and bank financing, nonprofit home-repair programs, disaster relief, and business …

The SBA and Treasury issued more clarification about the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), and what happens if a borrower does not spend at least 60% of their PPP loan on payroll costs. The additional Interim Final Rules state that PPP borrowers may still be eligible to have a portion of their loan forgiven, and the Rules include the formula to calculate the forgivable amount based on loan amount, payroll costs and other PPP loan specified costs. Find …

On Monday, June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued an historic decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia acknowledging that the prohibition of discrimination based on sex contained in Title VII includes the prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Under this decision, all employers in Georgia that are subject to Title VII are prohibited from making employment decisions, taking any adverse employment action, or allowing harassment of employees because of an …

Insolvency & Bankruptcy: Part 2 of the Options for your Nonprofit in these Tough Economic Times Series Your organization’s revenue is down, workforce is changing, and facilities are underutilized. What can a nonprofit do? What MUST it do? As your organization considers its options as an entity and a steward, there are several possibilities out there. In this 3-part webcast series, our speakers will: Speakers: John Mills, Taylor English View the Webcast Open Slides in New Tab

On May 13, 2020, the Treasury and the SBA issued a new FAQ #46 which provides an important safe harbor for borrowers that received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of less than $2 million. The CARES Act requires that borrowers certify that “the uncertainty of current economic conditions makes necessary the loan request to support the ongoing operations.” Triggered by businesses that obtained PPP loans yet had significant access to other money to help them through this …

Are you bringing volunteers, clients or others back to your facility? If so, this questionnaire might be helpful to use with volunteers, clients or other visitors to your facility to assist in screening out those with potential exposure to COVID-19. If you use this document, please verify that every statement in the questionnaire is accurate with regard to your facility or make appropriate changes to it. Please see this article and podcast for additional information about returning …