Charitable Nonprofit Organizations Posts

Nonprofit Governance in an Age of Compliance

This article contributes to the corporate governance literature by identifying aspects of nonprofit governance that create unnecessary risk to nonprofit entities and to society overall.

Restatement of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations Is Approved

At this year’s Annual Meeting on May 20, members of The American Law Institute voted to approve Tentative Draft No. 3 of Restatement of the Law, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations. Today’s vote marks the completion of this project.

Project Feature: Charitable Nonprofit Organizations

In this video Reporter Jill R. Horwitz and Consultant Marion R. Fremont-Smith provide a glimpse into how the Restatement of Charitable Nonprofits will bring greater understanding to the complex area of law of charitable nonprofits.

January 2019 Council Meeting Updates

At its meeting in Philadelphia on January 17 and 18, the ALI Council reviewed drafts for six projects. Drafts or portions of drafts for six projects received Council approval, subject to the meeting discussion and to the usual prerogative to make nonsubstantive editorial improvements.

Project Spotlight: Restatement of the Law, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations

A great deal of wealth in the United States is controlled by charitable nonprofit organizations. Yet, an authoritative statement of the law in charitable nonprofit organizations does not exist. The law of charities, drawn as it is from various other parts of the law, in many aspects remains confusing and incomplete. It is difficult for somebody who has not worked in this field to manage all these sources. This is the basis for the Restatement.