Don Kramer’s Nonprofit Issues
@nonprofitissues.bsky.social
Nonprofit Issues is a national newsletter of Nonprofit Law You Need to Know. Posting nonprofit questions and answers. www.nonprofitissues.com.
Each Tuesday, Nonprofit Issues® editor Don Kramer answers a question on nonprofit law or governance from a reader. The answers are emailed each week. Keep up to date with what is being asked each week. It’s free. Have a question? You can submit your own. www.nonprofitissues.com/your-legal-q...
Your Legal Questions Answered
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years.
www.nonprofitissues.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Each Tuesday, Nonprofit Issues® editor Don Kramer answers a question on nonprofit law or governance from a reader. The answers are emailed each week. Keep up to date with what is being asked each week. It’s free. Have a question? You can submit your own. www.nonprofitissues.com/your-legal-q...
New story posted - IL Court finds ICE violated Constitutional Rights - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/il-c...
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New story posted - IL Court finds ICE violated Constitutional Rights - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/il-c...
New story posted - CA Court enjoins anti-DEI provisions in DHS, FEMA grants. www.nonprofitissues.com/article/ca-c...
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New story posted - CA Court enjoins anti-DEI provisions in DHS, FEMA grants. www.nonprofitissues.com/article/ca-c...
Q: A group of architects has been working to support Palestinians build schools, etc. We've been working through a U.S. charity, they suggest we become a separate entity while they remain a fiscal sponsor. Should we seek recognition as a 501(c)(3)? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
What is best legal structure for nonprofit helping Palestinians build villages?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Q: A group of architects has been working to support Palestinians build schools, etc. We've been working through a U.S. charity, they suggest we become a separate entity while they remain a fiscal sponsor. Should we seek recognition as a 501(c)(3)? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Q: May the president of a #nonprofit change the signatories on the bank accounts without getting a new board resolution? Our answer - www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Q: May the president of a #nonprofit change the signatories on the bank accounts without getting a new board resolution? Our answer - www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Q: Does the resignation of the President of a nonprofit result in his termination as an incorporator, director or member of the organization when the letter says nothing about these other positions that he holds? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Does resignation terminate from everything?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Q: Does the resignation of the President of a nonprofit result in his termination as an incorporator, director or member of the organization when the letter says nothing about these other positions that he holds? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Question of the week - Can a nonprofit’s members report the board officers to the police? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Can nonprofit’s members report board officers to police?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Question of the week - Can a nonprofit’s members report the board officers to the police? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Could Better Bylaws For Nonprofit Have Avoided 6 Years of Litigation? Read now - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/coul...
Could Better Bylaws For Nonprofit Have Avoided 6 Years of Litigation?
A former director’s derivative suit for breach of fiduciary duty against the CEO of a nonprofit corporation has been dismissed by a trial court and appellate court in California on the ground that the...
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Could Better Bylaws For Nonprofit Have Avoided 6 Years of Litigation? Read now - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/coul...
Q: I am a board member of a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit wholly controlled by a 501(c)(7) tax-exempt social club. We are concerned about the issue of commingling funds. What are the key points for us to keep in mind? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Commingling funds from a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(7)
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Q: I am a board member of a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit wholly controlled by a 501(c)(7) tax-exempt social club. We are concerned about the issue of commingling funds. What are the key points for us to keep in mind? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Nonprofit Issues - New issue released.
Read the lead - AG’s Request for Charity Donor Lists Likely Violates First Amendment - www.nonprofitissues.com/issue/volume...
Read the lead - AG’s Request for Charity Donor Lists Likely Violates First Amendment - www.nonprofitissues.com/issue/volume...
Volume XXXV, No. 6
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Nonprofit Issues - New issue released.
Read the lead - AG’s Request for Charity Donor Lists Likely Violates First Amendment - www.nonprofitissues.com/issue/volume...
Read the lead - AG’s Request for Charity Donor Lists Likely Violates First Amendment - www.nonprofitissues.com/issue/volume...
Q: May a 501(c)(3) charity pay a finder’s fee to a person who brings donors to the organization? This person is not on salary and does not work for the (c)(3). Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
May charity pay finder's fee for donation?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Q: May a 501(c)(3) charity pay a finder’s fee to a person who brings donors to the organization? This person is not on salary and does not work for the (c)(3). Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Q: The mission of our nonprofit is to support our community by holding concerts and events. We have a considerable surplus in our fund. With the food insecurity people are experiencing, can we help without jeopardizing our tax-exempt status? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Does recreation charity risk exemption by helping hungry?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Q: The mission of our nonprofit is to support our community by holding concerts and events. We have a considerable surplus in our fund. With the food insecurity people are experiencing, can we help without jeopardizing our tax-exempt status? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Q: The president of our nonprofit has an interest in a social issue that has no part of our org. He insists he can collect donations using our tax id number for his own social movement. I think this is an illegal use of our status. Who is right? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Is it legal to use 501(c)(3) tax ID for personal social interest?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Q: The president of our nonprofit has an interest in a social issue that has no part of our org. He insists he can collect donations using our tax id number for his own social movement. I think this is an illegal use of our status. Who is right? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Q: Our nonprofit is in real cash trouble and the board is thinking of closing. Where can we go for information on how to close and sell off the building and land? And what happens to the money? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
How do you close a nonprofit? If you sell the assets, what happens to the money?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Q: Our nonprofit is in real cash trouble and the board is thinking of closing. Where can we go for information on how to close and sell off the building and land? And what happens to the money? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Still time to register: Fiscal Sponsorship: For Funders, Sponsors and the Sponsored
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
1:30-3:00 PM Eastern Time
www.nonprofitissues.com/store/fiscal...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
1:30-3:00 PM Eastern Time
www.nonprofitissues.com/store/fiscal...
Fiscal Sponsorship: For the Funders, Sponsors and the Sponsored
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years.
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Still time to register: Fiscal Sponsorship: For Funders, Sponsors and the Sponsored
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
1:30-3:00 PM Eastern Time
www.nonprofitissues.com/store/fiscal...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
1:30-3:00 PM Eastern Time
www.nonprofitissues.com/store/fiscal...
Trump Litigation Watch - New story posted
RI Court enjoins anti-DEI conditions in domestic violence grants
Read the article - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/ri-c...
RI Court enjoins anti-DEI conditions in domestic violence grants
Read the article - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/ri-c...
RI Court enjoins anti-DEI conditions in domestic violence grants
The federal District Court in Rhode Island (Melissa R. DuBose) has temporarily enjoined the Trump Administration from enforcing new anti-diversity, equity and inclusion provisions in grants to help su...
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump Litigation Watch - New story posted
RI Court enjoins anti-DEI conditions in domestic violence grants
Read the article - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/ri-c...
RI Court enjoins anti-DEI conditions in domestic violence grants
Read the article - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/ri-c...
Q: Must a nonprofit director give their home address for a state charitable solicitation registration form? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Must nonprofit director give home address for registration?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Q: Must a nonprofit director give their home address for a state charitable solicitation registration form? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Q: A director filed for a personal TRO against a member of our nonprofit. The case was dismissed; neither party appeared in court. Now the director who brought the suit wants our D&O Insurance to pay his legal obligations. Can this happen? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Is this restraining order dismissal allowed?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Q: A director filed for a personal TRO against a member of our nonprofit. The case was dismissed; neither party appeared in court. Now the director who brought the suit wants our D&O Insurance to pay his legal obligations. Can this happen? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Pennsylvania Bar Institute 2025 What's New in Nonprofit Law
Don Kramer and Morgen Cheshire, of the Cheshire Law Group, presented the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's annual What's New in Nonprofit Law webinar on October 10, 2025.
www.nonprofitissues.com/store/pennsy...
Don Kramer and Morgen Cheshire, of the Cheshire Law Group, presented the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's annual What's New in Nonprofit Law webinar on October 10, 2025.
www.nonprofitissues.com/store/pennsy...
Pennsylvania Bar Institute 2025 What's New in Nonprofit Law
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years.
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Pennsylvania Bar Institute 2025 What's New in Nonprofit Law
Don Kramer and Morgen Cheshire, of the Cheshire Law Group, presented the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's annual What's New in Nonprofit Law webinar on October 10, 2025.
www.nonprofitissues.com/store/pennsy...
Don Kramer and Morgen Cheshire, of the Cheshire Law Group, presented the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's annual What's New in Nonprofit Law webinar on October 10, 2025.
www.nonprofitissues.com/store/pennsy...
Question of the week - Our charity has just gotten its first qualified charitable distribution from a donor’s Individual Retirement Account. Is there anything special we should do to acknowledge it? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
How should charity acknowledge qualified charitable distribution?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Question of the week - Our charity has just gotten its first qualified charitable distribution from a donor’s Individual Retirement Account. Is there anything special we should do to acknowledge it? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Trump Litigation Watch - New story posted
MA Court holds foreign student deportation policy unconstitutional
Read the story - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/ma-c...
MA Court holds foreign student deportation policy unconstitutional
Read the story - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/ma-c...
MA Court holds foreign student deportation policy unconstitutional
The federal District Court in Massachusetts (William G. Young), in “perhaps the most important [case] ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court,” has held that non-citizen students l...
www.nonprofitissues.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Trump Litigation Watch - New story posted
MA Court holds foreign student deportation policy unconstitutional
Read the story - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/ma-c...
MA Court holds foreign student deportation policy unconstitutional
Read the story - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/ma-c...
Question of the week - Can the president of a nonprofit organization remove an illegal action from meeting minutes that have yet to be approved or published? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Can nonprofit president delete illegal action from minutes?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Question of the week - Can the president of a nonprofit organization remove an illegal action from meeting minutes that have yet to be approved or published? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Question of the week - Do donors require acknowledgment for paying charity costs directly? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Do donors require acknowledgment for paying charity costs directly?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Question of the week - Do donors require acknowledgment for paying charity costs directly? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
Trump Litigation Watch - New story posted
IL Court enjoins deployment of Guard in Chicago
Read our coverage - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/il-c...
IL Court enjoins deployment of Guard in Chicago
Read our coverage - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/il-c...
IL Court enjoins deployment of Guard in Chicago
The federal District Court in Illinois (April M. Perry) has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the deployment of National Guard troops from Texas in Chicago. The Court has said that it ...
www.nonprofitissues.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Trump Litigation Watch - New story posted
IL Court enjoins deployment of Guard in Chicago
Read our coverage - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/il-c...
IL Court enjoins deployment of Guard in Chicago
Read our coverage - www.nonprofitissues.com/article/il-c...
Question of the week - What should a foundation do when a church beneficiary closes? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...
What should foundation do when church beneficiary closes?
Nonprofit Issues® has been a leading provider of news, programming and insight on nonprofit law and governance for more than 30 years."
www.nonprofitissues.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Question of the week - What should a foundation do when a church beneficiary closes? Our answer: www.nonprofitissues.com/to-the-point...