Janet Rickershauser, Senior Lawyer, Charles L. Cooney, Robert T. Haslam (1911) Professor of Chemical Engineering, Alyssa Fitzgerald, Lawyer
| Jan/31 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:30PM | E70, 12ft Floor |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Prereq: None
Not all teams achieve impact by creating a for-profit enterprise. Organizations like Ashoka, MITx, New Profit, and The Robin Hood Foundation are organized and reach their target audiences as non-profit organizations.
The seminar will enable members of the MIT community to further their understanding of how 501(c)(3) status can help them better deploy their technologically-based projects, and is open to students, faculty, and staff who have practical questions about how to organize and operate a non-profit.
Sue Abbott, Janet Rickershauser, and Alyssa Fitzgerald, core attorneys in the Tax-Exempt Organizations practice group at Goodwin Procter LLP, a Boston-based Am Law 50 firm, serve the legal needs of many of the Greater Boston Area’s most prominent non-profits.
Since the inception of these free seminars in 2003, we have provided the legal tools for achieving and maintaining 501(c)(3) status to over 1400 organizations in the Boston area.
Over the 2.5 hour seminar, we propose to cover:
Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering
Contact: Jose Estabil, E70-1270, 617 253-5978, JJE@MIT.EDU