Advising California Nonprofit Corporations

Publish in July 2026

Essential for both attorneys and nonprofits, this is a unique law and practice guide on forming, operating, and maintaining California nonprofit corporations, written and edited by an extraordinary group of well-known experts from across the state. It includes charts on charitable solicitation regulations and license requirements for all cities and counties in California.

• Qualifying as a tax-exempt organization; property tax exemptions
• Articles of incorporation and bylaws, with sample forms
• Directors and officers: liabilities, rights, duties
• Required tax filings, recordkeeping, reporting
• Charitable giving; tax-exempt financing; managing endowments; donor-advised funds
• Rules on lobbying, PACs, endorsing political candidates
• Financial accounting
• Suspension, forfeiture, restoration