BRUCE R. HOPKINS is the country's leading authority on the law of tax-exempt organizations and a lawyer with the firm of Polsinelli, Shalton & Welte, PC. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Legal Answer Book for Nonprofit Organizations; The Second Legal Answer Book for Nonprofit Organizations; The First Legal Answer Book for Fund-Raisers; and The Second Legal Answer Book for Fund-Raisers; as well as the monthly newsletter The Nonprofit Counsel, all published by Wiley.JODY BLAZEK is a founding partner of Blazek & Vetterling, LLP, an accounting firm that specializes in financial services planning for nonprofit organizations. She is the author of several leading nonprofit books, including Tax Planning and Compliance for Tax-Exempt Organizations, Third Edition; Financial Planning for Nonprofit Organizations; the 990 Handbook; and, with Bruce Hopkins, Private Foundations: Tax Laws and Compliance, all published by Wiley. Her focus on foundations began in 1969 at KPMG. She gained nonprofit management experience as treasurer of the Menil Foundation.

• How to Use This Book. List of Questions. Basic Legal Definitions. Disqualified Persons. Self-Dealing. Mandatory Payout Requirements. Excess Business Holdings. Jeopardizing Investments. Taxable Expenditures. Excise Tax on Investment Income. Unrelated Business Activities. Annual Information Return. Disclosure and Substantiation Rules. Public Charities. Termination of Private Foundation Status. Types of Foundations. Alternatives to Private Foundations. Tax Exemption Recognition Process. Charitable Contribution Deductions. Endnotes. Index.

BRUCE R. HOPKINS is the country's leading authority on the law of tax-exempt organizations and a lawyer with the firm of Polsinelli, Shalton & Welte, PC. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Legal Answer Book for Nonprofit Organizations; The Second Legal Answer Book for Nonprofit Organizations; The First Legal Answer Book for Fund-Raisers; and The Second Legal Answer Book for Fund-Raisers; as well as the monthly newsletter The Nonprofit Counsel, all published by Wiley.JODY BLAZEK is a founding partner of Blazek & Vetterling, LLP, an accounting firm that specializes in financial services planning for nonprofit organizations. She is the author of several leading nonprofit books, including Tax Planning and Compliance for Tax-Exempt Organizations, Third Edition; Financial Planning for Nonprofit Organizations; the 990 Handbook; and, with Bruce Hopkins, Private Foundations: Tax Laws and Compliance, all published by Wiley. Her focus on foundations began in 1969 at KPMG. She gained nonprofit management experience as treasurer of the Menil Foundation.

• How to Use This Book. List of Questions. Basic Legal Definitions. Disqualified Persons. Self-Dealing. Mandatory Payout Requirements. Excess Business Holdings. Jeopardizing Investments. Taxable Expenditures. Excise Tax on Investment Income. Unrelated Business Activities. Annual Information Return. Disclosure and Substantiation Rules. Public Charities. Termination of Private Foundation Status. Types of Foundations. Alternatives to Private Foundations. Tax Exemption Recognition Process. Charitable Contribution Deductions. Endnotes. Index.