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How to Start a 501(c)3 Social Enterprise: Learning the Legal and Governance Basics
Marion Fremont-Smith | Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
4.30 – 5.30 pm
Taubman Building, NYE A, 5th floor
Harvard Kennedy School
Marion Fremont-Smith will speak about the advantages and disadvantages of seeking tax exempt status and alternative forms for new enterprises. She will summarize both state and federal requirements for tax exempt organizations, and considerations when undertaking to seek such status, including governance requirements and considerations when choosing fiduciaries.
Marion Fremont-Smith (Senior Research Fellow) has been associated with the Hauser Center since 1998, where she directs research on governance and accountability of nonprofit organizations. She is the author of Governing Nonprofit Organizations: Federal and State Law and Regulation, published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press in 1994 and has written other books and numerous papers on government regulation of nonprofit organizations.
The Frontline with Faculty Series is a venue for Harvard faculty affiliated with the Hauser Center to share their work and research with faculty colleagues, as well as students in an informal setting that will allow for spirited discussion, debate and exchange. The seminars link faculty experts from Harvard Schools and beyond on a wide range of topics.
I am on the Board of HBSAB and a past Board member of CAP. I have had the pleasure of working with a number of you alumni on CAP projects and somehow through these relationships, I got my name on the Housercenter mailing list. One of the frequesntly ask questions addressed to CAP is how do I start a 501c3? Our mission is focused on assisting mature nonprofits with at least 5 full time employees so we do not have a good answer for this question.
I am wondering if you will be recording you lecture and would consider making copies available with copies of your slides to CAP for distribution to people lthat come to us asking for this kind of assistance or does the Hauser Center have a resource where we could send these prospective new nonprofits?
Regards,
Chuck
781-862-2465
Chuckcfrench@comcast.net
I have an educational NGO currently working in Chile, Peru and Brazil. I have been trying to learn how can we start a branch in the States so we can raise money for our operation in Latin America.
Thank you for your interest. The seminar will be video recorded and a link to the recording will be available on the Hauser Center’s newsfeed shortly after the seminar.
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