How to Be a Global Nonprofit

03/15/2013 · No Responses

Solid guidance for the complex legal issues faced by international nonprofits

When a nonprofit operates across borders, whether by making grants or directly operating programs, the interaction among legal requirements of two or more countries quickly becomes highly complex. How To Be A Global Nonprofit fills a need for legal and practical guidance for nonprofit organizations with international activities, and includes ten case studies to provide insights into the ways real organizations have dealt with various legal and practical issues.

Along the way, it skillfully explores alternatives for advancing a nonprofit’s mission across borders, while also looking at the legal and practical issues nonprofits encounter as they work internationally.

Includes ten case studies based on interviews with large and small international nonprofits
Offers a realistic sense of the complexity of legal and practical issues global nonprofits face
Features a companion website with a variety of online tools and materials related to key concepts discussed in this book

Not long ago international philanthropy was the province of large organizations like the Red Cross, UNICEF, and Save the Children. This has radically changed. How to Be a Global Nonprofit thoroughly explores the legal and practical issues nonprofits encounter as they work internationally and the resources required to deal with them.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. So You Want to Be a Global Nonprofit?
Chapter 2. International Grantmaking by Public Charities
Chapter 3. International Grantmaking by Private Foundations
Chapter 4. Going Deeper: Operating a Foreign Program
Chapter 5. Forming and Operating through a Foreign Legal Entity
Chapter 6. Staffing Foreign Operations: Employees and Volunteers
Chapter 7. Raising Funds Globally
Chapter 8. Additional U.S. Laws and Reporting Requirements
Chapter 9. Additional Foreign Legal and Practical Considerations
Chapter 10. Evolution of a Global Organization: Half the Sky Foundation