Oregon’s Best Nonprofit Guide Goes Digital

Resources from the 5th Edition of the Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook are available digitally as downloads and some are FREE.  Nonprofit Publications is a joint effort of Cindy Cumfer and Kay Sohl, authors of the Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook. Kay and Cindy have been translating complex legal, financial, and management requirements into practical guidance, checklists, samples, and examples for nonprofit leaders for over 35 years.

Now you can purchase the complete 800+ page printed Handbook and/or individual chapters and toolkits online. The Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook and the digital chapters and toolkits provide expert information on nonprofit legal, financial, tax exemption, and management issues in everyday language. We work to help Board members, founders, new managers, and experienced leaders in community-based nonprofits succeed. We provide clear explanations of Oregon state law, IRS rules and processes, and accounting and financial reporting requirements that have the greatest impact on nonprofit corporations.

News about the 6th Edition of the Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook:

We are planning to publish the 6th edition of the Handbook in 2024. We will be posting the updated chapters prepared for the 6th edition to this website as they are completed. We anticipate that the revised nonprofit fund raising and financial management chapters (Chapters 22,23,24,25,26,27,28) will be available for download in January, 2024. Additional chapters will be posted for download as they are completed.

Update on Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Law:  The Oregon legislature made important changes to Oregon nonprofit law effective January 1, 2020. Please download and review our revised update (by clicking here) before using sample documents and forms from the 5th edition. Be sure you have considered the impact of the 2020 changes as you draft your documents. We look forward to publishing revised versions of the forms and documents as we complete them and as part of the 6th edition. In the meantime, you may want to get legal advice to be sure you are up to date.

Update on Tax Exempt Status:

The 6th edition will include updated guidance on submission of application for tax exempt status and requirements to maintain tax exempt status. If you are currently applying for tax exempt status, please be sure you are using the current forms and guidance from the IRS https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/applying-for-tax-exempt-status.

While we work on the 6th Edition, we are reducing the price of the 5th Edition to $50 – click below to learn more.