Volunteer Legal Handbook

This manual is intended for and dedicated to all volunteers, including volunteer managers, directors of nonprofit corporations, and officers of nonprofit corporations. These materials should also help executive directors of nonprofit corporations and their paid staff. Focuses on Alaska law in some areas. The general focus of the manual is risk management, but to understand risk management, you must be able to evaluate risk and, in today's society, that means understanding the law. The manual covers common risks associated with operating a nonprofit corporation, along with a discussion of the law and the legal risks facing nonprofit corporations today. Contents: Preface / Changes and Updates Table / About the Online Edition... / Part I The Legal Landscape of Volunteers and Nonprofit Corporations / Chapter 1. Should You Be Worried? / Chapter 2. Introduction, Limits and Cautions: A Legal Short Course / Chapter 3. Tort Liability / Alaska Statutory Tort Immunity / Federal Statutory Immunity / Chapter 4. Contract Liability / Chapter 5. Tax Laws and Other Government Regulation / Restrictions on Fund-Raising / Restrictions on Uses of Funds / Reporting Requirements and Tax Returns / Chapter 6. Private Foundations / Chapter 7. Nonprofit Corporate Law / Chapter 8. Damages and Related Issues / Part II Risk Management / Chapter 1. Volunteer Screening and Placement / Chapter 2. Education / Chapter 3. Reviews and Evaluations / Chapter 4. Insurance / Chapter 5. Statutory and Contractual Protection / Chapter 6. Alternative dispute resolution / Chapter 7. Practical Guidelines for Directors / Chapter 8. Additional issues / Chapter 9. So Should You Be Worried? / Part III Creating. Maintaining and Ending a Nonprofit Corporation / Chapter 1. In General / Chapter 2. Obtaining a Certificate of Incorporation / Chapter 3. Implementing the Nonprofit Corporation / Chapter 4. Nonprofit Corporate Bylaws / Chapter 4. Tax Exempt and Charitable Organization Status / Chapter 5. Maintaining and Ending a Nonprofit Corporation / Part IV Supplemental Materials / Additional Reading / Volunteer Insurance Carriers / Charitable Organization Registration Form / Useful Resources on the Internet / Glossary / Table of Acronyms / Credits / Index.