Nonprofit Resource Center

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SelfHelp Guides
-Self Help Guide to Property Tax Exemption
-Self-Help "Legal Audit" (to do an organizational self-assessment)
-Self Help Guide to obtaining 501(c)(3) Status

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Articles on Nonprofit Topics
- IRS Guide to good governance of exempt nonprofit corporations
- Disclosure requirements for non-profits
- Avoiding Liability as a Board Member
- Fiduciary Duties of Board Members
- Keeping a credible minute book
- Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
- Board - Staff Relations -  Are you having problems?
- Merger or Consolidation of two nonprofits
- Corporate dissolution - a "how-to" outline under Florida law

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Policy Manuals
-Sample Personnel Policy Manual
-Sample Procurement Policy Manual
-Sample Accounting Policy Manual
-Sample Policy for Sexual Harrassment
-Sample Conflicts of Interest Policy (IRS approved)
-Sample Policy Manual for Lease/Purchase Program

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Tax Exempt Status
- IRS "Stay Exempt" site (tax basics for exempt organizations)
- Community revitalization as a "charitable" activity
- IRS web-based mini-courses on 501(c)(3) exemption issues
- IRS guide to "group exemptions"
- IRS - terminating or merging an exempt organization
- 24 Common Questions About 501(c)(3) status
- "Unrelated Trade or Business" - a short overview
- Lobbying and Political Activity 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status
- IRS "Fact Sheet" on Political Activity by exempt organizations
- IRS Safe Harbor - Revenue Ruling defining "Safe Harbor" for market rate housing
- IRS Safe Harbor - article on "Safe Harbor" for market rate housing
- IRS Safe Harbor - Exempt organizations as general partners in tax credit deals
- Incentive Compentation - is it "private inurement"?
-Tax Exemption for LLCs

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Housing Development
-Negotiating a Joint Venture Agreement
-Using a Sales Tax Exemption to Lower Construction Costs
-Handbook on operating government funded home repair lending programs
-What is a "Certificate of Use and Occupancy"?
-Putting Together a Housing Development Team
-Ways to re-capture Subsidy in Affordable Housing
-Construction Liens and Bonds (the nuts and bolts)
-Low Income Housing Tax Credits
-How to use the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
-The federal HOME Program and how to become a "CHDO"
-Converting an Ordinary Nonprofit into a "CHDO"
-Issues with Nonprofits making Home Repair Loans
-The Housing Development Game - a primer (Tom Zuniga)

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Business Planning
-Commercial Revialization - An Implementation Outline
-Business Plan Outline
-Business Planning Spreadsheets ("zip" file)
-Business Purchase Checklist
"Opportunity Description" (an outline for creating an initial concept paper)
Franchising Checklist

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Corporations
-Florida nonprofit corporations (creation docs)
-Florida for-profit corporation (creation docs)
-Sample Bylaws
-Sample Minutes
-Limited Liability Companies ("single member")
-Articles of Amendment (adding 501c3 language)
-Limited Liability Companies ("LLCs")

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Tax Issues
-Taxation of LLCs
-IRS Tax Guide for Small Businesses ("pdf" file)
-Get federal "Employer Identification Number" over the internet
-Businesses with Employees - Paying Yourself

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Community Redevelopment
- Creating a Comprehensive Revelopment Plan

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Personnel Issues
-"Independent Contractor" vs. "Employee" (avoiding IRS penalties)
 - Human Resources: Reasonable Compensation Reviews
- Guide to Fair Labor Standards Act (a/k/a minimum wage law)

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Legal Forms:
- Transactionallegal forms for housing developers
- Community Land Trust Legal Forms

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Purchasing Real Estate
-Checklist for Real Estate Purchases
-Rental Property Takeover Documentation Checklist
-Title Insurance and Deeds "for Dummies"