Charitable nonprofits are required to comply with a wide array of federal and state laws and regulations. During this workshop for nonprofit staff and board members as well as attorneys, CPAs, and consultants, get answers and information on many common legal issues that affect nonprofits. The first hour will offer a crash course on key legal compliance issues for nonprofits, and breakout sessions will go into more depth on specific topics. Presenters will also offer non-answers to participants’ legal questions to wrap up the workshop.
12:00 – 12:15 – Introduction and Housekeeping Announcements
12:15 – 2:15 – A Two-Hour Crash Course in Legal Compliance for Nonprofits – Ed Chaney, Deetra Watson, and David Heinen
This introductory session will include an overview of some of the most common legal compliance issues for charitable nonprofits operating in North Carolina. The session will cover the basics state laws governing nonprofit corporations, federal tax laws relevant to 501(c)(3) public charities, and state tax and charitable solicitation laws applicable to nonprofits. To ensure that we can cover all of these nonprofit basics, we ask participants to save their questions for the final hour of the day.
2:15 – 2:30 Break
2:30 – 3:45 Breakout Sessions
- The Legal Landscape for Racial Equity Initiatives – Ed Chaney
- From Numbers to Necessities: Nonprofit Accounting Hot Topics & Federal Regulations – Deetra Watson
- Everything Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About the 2024 FLSA Overtime Rule – David Heinen
3:45 – 4:00 Break
4:00 – 5:00 (Non)-Answers to Nonprofits’ Frequently Asked Legal Questions – Ed Chaney, Deetra Watson, and David Heinen
Throughout the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to write down questions about topics covered by the day’s presenters or other legal issue that are important for their nonprofits. During the final hour of the compliance workshop, the presenters will help with issue spotting on participants’ questions and will provide answers to questions when they can do so without giving legal advice to individual organizations. As time allows, presenters also will share information about common legal questions that nonprofits have asked them and provide insights into new legal developments that are relevant for nonprofits but may not have been explored in other parts of today’s workshop.
Schedule and topics subject to change.
