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Chicago-Kent College of Law

1998

Estates and Trusts

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The Limits Of Charity Fiduciary Law, Evelyn Brody Mar 1998

The Limits Of Charity Fiduciary Law, Evelyn Brody

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Trustees of charitable trusts and directors of nonprofit corporations operate under legal regimes designed for their for-profit cousins. In the absence of private beneficiaries or shareholders to look after their own interests, however, charity fiduciaries frequently escape accountability for their self-dealing and neglect or mismanagement. Few charities have members endowed with voting rights, and state attorneys general have limited resources to devote to monitoring the nonprofit sector. Similarly, at the federal level, the Internal Revenue Service is a tax collector, not a policing agency (although its new powers to tax excess benefits will undoubtedly draw it further into charity operations). …


All You Really Need To Know About Subchapter J You Learned From This Article, Jeffrey G. Sherman Mar 1998

All You Really Need To Know About Subchapter J You Learned From This Article, Jeffrey G. Sherman

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