The advent of COVID-19 has had long ranging effects on all aspects of life, but as the light of the very long tunnel comes into sight, all of us are beginning to wonder what life after COVID will be like. A prime example of organizations needing to adapt in this environment is the way in which churches will operate moving forward. Specifically, churches will have to carefully consider how they will conduct accessible worship services and still comply with basic copyright laws. For context, Christian churches often play and perform Christian music live in front of their congregations as......
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June 29, 2020
King County Phase 1.5 and Reopening Your Business
As of June 5th, King County is progressing into a modified Phase 1 or “Phase 1.5” and businesses are starting to think about their individual reopening plans. With reopening your...
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May 15, 2020
Earned Income Strategies (Part 3 of 5): Passive Income Activity (Let Money Work for the Cause)
The next option for earning income that every nonprofit should know about is income exempt from unrelated business income tax. While there are quite a few exceptions, the key exception...
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May 8, 2020
Earned Income Strategies (Part 2 of 5): Related Business Activity (Doing Good by Doing Business)
Contrary to popular belief, a nonprofit can (and maybe even should) make a profit from its business activities. Depending on what the activity is, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization may not...
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May 1, 2020
Earned Income Strategies (Part 1 of 5): How For-Profit Strategies Can Help Nonprofit Corporations
It’s no secret that charitable resources are limited and hard to come by for small nonprofit organizations. Many foundations and grant making entities, in fact, advise nonprofits to develop long...
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April 17, 2020
Approaching IRS’s Deadline for Paper 1023 Applications
As of January 31, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) revised the 1023 application for 501(c)3 tax-exempt status submission process to be online instead of by paper. The IRS...
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April 3, 2020
Force Majeure Clauses During CoVid-19
Recently many businesses have been concerned with how to deal with CoVID-19. Concerns range from how to navigate complying with mandatory quarantines and other state and federal regulations, as well...
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March 23, 2020
CCPA Considerations when Buying or Selling a Business
When local businesses are bought and sold, sellers and buyers often do not consider data compliance to be a major concern. At most the business has a small website and...
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March 18, 2020
Washington Privacy Act – Not Quite Yet
Over the past several weeks, there has been debate about whether Washington state lawmakers would pass legislation known as the Washington Privacy Act (“WPA”). The WPA mimicked concepts of the...
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March 11, 2020
Coronavirus and the Law: Is there a Legal Duty to Prevent Harm during a Pandemic?
It’s no doubt that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has introduced a high level of panic for local businesses, especially with many big companies facing large-scale work force consequences due to...