Syllabus

Nonprofit managers face a complex and often daunting array of legal rules, and even a group that can’t afford a lawyer is responsible for knowing what they are.  From corporate governance to taxes to employee oversight, this course will help you navigate the maze.   

Required Text:  Jack Siegel’s Desktop Guide for Nonprofit Directors, Officers, and Advisors–a practical guide that all nonprofit managers should have readily at hand.  You’ll be referring to it long after the course is over.

 

Class meetings:  White Plains Graduate Center, Room 313, Wednesdays 6-8:45, Fall Semester 2006. 

 

Instructor:  Jeff Trexler

 

Grading: 

  • Class participation:  25%

  • Project:  50%

  • Final exam: 25%

Course schedule:   

  • Week 1:  Overview and recent developments

  • Week 2:  Organizational structures

  • Week 3:  Fiduciary duties & conflicts of interest

  • Week 4:  Nonprofits & Sarbanes-Oxley

  • Weeks 5 & 6: Tax privileges for nonprofits

  • Weeks 7 & 8:  Deductible gifts

  • Week 9:  Registration & reporting

  • Week 10: Fundraising issues

  • Week 11: Avoiding operational liabilities

  • Week 12:  Indemnification & Evaluation

  • Week 13:  Review & new developments

  • Week 14:  Concluding thoughts & 2-hour exam

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