Becky Seidel presented on legal developments affecting charitable organizations and Form 990 reporting at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Area Conference…
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Social Enterprise
Not So Fast! When Choosing For-Profit vs. Nonprofit, Consider Options Carefully
The Harvard Business Review recently provided some interesting insight on bad reasons to start a for-profit social enterprise. The post…
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Upcoming Social Enterprise Options for Nonprofits
Some great opportunities are coming up for Colorado nonprofits that are interested in social enterprise: The Colorado Nonprofit Social Enterprise…
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By Kevin Lindsay Harvests, Inc. Last week’s post introduced SERIC-2013, a comprehensive report designed to study social enterprise activity taking…
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Guest Post: Social Enterprise—More Than Just a Buzzword (Part I)
By Kevin Lindsay Harvests, Inc. Recently, we published SERIC-2013, a comprehensive report on Social Enterprise Readiness in Colorado-2013. It was…
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Delaware Businesses Line Up to Sign On as Benefit Corporations
Here in Colorado, businesses will not have the option of forming as benefit corporations until April 1, 2014. However, Delaware’s…
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Key Question for Entrepreneurs: Nonprofit or No?
The New York Times just ran an interesting case study about a social enterprise, ThinkImpact, that highlights fundamental structural issues…
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Colorado Public Benefit Corporations Part IV: Focusing on 501(c)(3) Benefits and Whether They Apply
Today’s post is the last in a four-part series providing a perspective of Colorado’s new public benefit corporation law through…
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Colorado Public Benefit Corporations Part III: An Uncertain Relationship with the Charitable Solicitations Act
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been focusing on the details of Colorado’s new public benefit corporation statute and the…
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Colorado Public Benefit Corporations Part II: The Nuts and Bolts
Two weeks ago, we forecast that Colorado would join 15 other states in allowing for the creation of benefit corporations….
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