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The Unsung Hero in Fundraising Campaigns Isn’t Raffles—It’s Sweepstakes!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

But , raffle laws vary from state to state—in many states (13, the last time we checked), online raffles are flat-out illegal. Furthermore, raffles of any kind are 100% against the law in Alabama, Hawaii, and Utah.

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Please Join VisionLink In Welcoming Aaron Titus To Our Proud Family!

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As an attorney he specializes in internet, technology, privacy, and corporate law and has consulted organizations on legal requirements, risk identification, risk management, and developing a corporate culture of privacy. from the George Washington School of Law, and his undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Utah.

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Why Kansas City Has a Shot at Bridging the Digital Divide

Tech Soup

Google plans to roll it out in Austin, Texas, and Provo, Utah as well. Founding donors to the fund include Google Fiber , the Illig Family Foundation, Sprint , Global Prairie , Polsinelli Law , and J.E. Google Fiber is roughly 100 times faster than ordinary broadband, but costs about the same or somewhat less. Dunn Construction.

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SPAM and the not-for-profit

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

TechSoup this week is featuring a 2003 article by Lynn Mitchell about the law and its effect on non-profits. Since the article was written before the law took effect and disagreed in one respect with what I thought was the case I did a bit of further research. Many people have been very critical of the law for this reason.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

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Mining is in the news a lot recently because of the terrible tragedy in Utah where six miners are presumed dead in a mine collapse and at least three more have been killed trying to rescue them. Another kind of mining made today’s news. Obvious isn’t it.

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A Jargon-Free Guide to Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies (L3C)

NonProfit Hub

Other examples have included farmers’ markets, newspapers, law groups and art centers. This is one of the requirements for L3Cs the law puts forth for this business model. Though L3Cs are socially conscious, they’re not tax-exempt , and donations and investments are not tax-deductible. Can I start an L3C? North Dakota. Rhode Island.

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Humans@Work: How to Successfully Tackle HR Challenges

Top Nonprofits

Harassment, in the legal sense, is “a word that people throw around a bit too easily” says Jennifer Rodriquez, a labor and employment attorney with the Dallas based law firm Culhane Meadows. The law safeguards people from harassment based on race, age, and gender. Some jurisdictions have laws protecting employees’ political expression.