How To Choose A Legal Structure for Nonprofits/Social Enterprises

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How To Choose A Legal Structure, the 3^rd class in the Social Innovators Collective workshop series, Building High Impact Nonprofits and Social Enterprises, takes place on Tuesday, October 30th at General Assembly. The series is designed for startup and emerging changemakers and professionals interested in building impact-driven organizations.

How To Choose A Legal Structure

There are few firms that understand the range of legal structures available for social enterprises and nonprofit organizations like Perlman and Perlman, LLP. This workshop demystifies legal structures such as 501(c)(3), L3C, benefit corporations, B Corp certification, LLCs, and other corporate entities. You will leave this session with a greater knowledge of corporate structures so you can make informed choices in establishing your social enterprise or nonprofit.



Student Takeaways:

• Understand the various corporate structures available to social entrepreneurs, including the benefits and drawbacks of selecting a particular structure.

• Learn about the steps to establish a new corporate entity, and your legal obligations as you build your social enterprise or nonprofit.

• Learn about the contracts and agreements you may encounter in your first year of running a social enterprise organization.

• Find out about legal resources available to nonprofit organizations and social enterprises.

Carly Leinheiser, Esq. is an associate at Perlman and Perlman, New York’s leading firm in social enterprise and nonprofit law, where she focuses on social enterprise, hybrids, and other non-traditional legal structures. Her practice also includes litigation and state and federal regulatory and corporate matters. Prior to joining Perlman and Perlman, she practiced commercial litigation, and previously worked as a Law Fellow with  the New Jersey Attorney General’s Charities Registration and Investigation Section. Before moving to New York for law school, Carly worked in development and managed fundraising events for two well-regarded social service nonprofits in Portland, Oregon.     

When: October 30 from 8 - 9:30pm

Workshop details and registration: http://bit.ly/RqYaEr

20% discount code for class or the remainder of the series: PARTNER