Common Interest
Known as exempt, non-governmental, foundations, charities, non-profits, community-based organizations, these corporations tackle issues as far ranging as providing housing for artists to large private...
View ArticleThe Magic of Copyright Law
The original slippers were silver (Turner Entertainment and Warner Brothers Entertainment) The New York Times had a short article yesterday titled “We Aren’t in the Old Kansas, Toto” on the differences...
View ArticleNonprofit Media Companies and 501(c)(3) in the 21st Century
NPQ Newswire’s Ruth McCambridge commented today on a recent report from the Nonprofit Media Working Group that addresses the need for the IRS to update it’s criteria and rules around granting nonprofit...
View ArticleStarting and Managing your Public Interest Company
Hello Everyone: On April 4th at CUNY Law School in Long Island City, New York, I will be facilitating a seminar on creating and managing a public interest minded company. The presenters are skilled...
View ArticleChoices: Is a NonProfit Right?
Nearly every entrepreneur or team that comes to my office immediately asks about “hybrid organizations”. This topic of mixed non-profit/for-profit organizations grows daily as funding for charities...
View ArticleWhy Not Pay for Talent?
I recently watched a presentation on nonprofits and the way we look at them today. The presenter challenged the audience to consider why we pay very little for people who want to help and compensate...
View ArticleOpening Remarks: Not for Profits and Social Enterprise: Starting and Managing...
Ben Flavin, opening Remarks; 4/4/2013 Thank you for joining us this evening for “Not for Profits and Social Enterprise: Starting and Managing Your Public Interest Company”. Your Panel tonight is...
View ArticleArticle of the Day
There is a great article on crowd source funding for non-profits in today’s NY Times. It discusses the trial and error process organizations like Kiva and Watsi have gone through to bring funding from...
View ArticleChanneling Your Charitable Entrepreneur
As public and private funding shrinks, and expenses grow, many of my clients must seek other forms of revenue to support the not-for-profit organization’s activities, salaries and other expenses....
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