This booklet is designed to provide general information about collaboration risks, based on our extensive experience in handling claims and lawsuits against nonprofit organizations.

This report explains the essentials of antitrust law and why the limited antitrust protection granted in the Capper-Volstead Act is critical to cooperative marketing by agricultural producers.

Unique accounting standards require that nonprofits report contributed income in one of two categories: with donor restrictions or without donor restrictions.

Throughout this booklet, we use the term “insurer” to refer to the company that collects premium dollars and pays out money to defend and settle claims. Whatever the form of...

This report provides information on how a cooperative can manage its equity capital to achieve and maintain proportionality of investment, regardless of the type of capital plan employed. It discusses...

This pamphlet provides practical advice to tenant associations and cooperatives that currently employ a professional manager or are considering hiring one. It contains information on hiring and interviewing, drafting an...

This resource offers practical advice for building tenants who presently employ a professional manager or are considering hiring one.

This document describes the basic elements and responsibilities of nonprofit board service. It was developed for the Maine Association of Nonprofits through a contract with Starboard Leadership Consulting, LLC. All...

Sample Market Evaluation

Developers, owners, and sponsors of Projects (“Developers”), as well as other agents or entities responsible for the marketing and resident selection for Projects (“Marketing Agents”), must comply with the Marketing...

We asked real-life tech marketers to tell us what’s REALLY going on behind the scenes at their companies regarding a very vexing subject: legal compliance.

Policies and Procedures for Resident Selection and Occupancy

The member is the customer, and the club strives to keep the customer happy with the service it provides. In this case, the service is the club meeting.

The manual provides guidelines on how to plan and conduct training activities. It discusses methods for assessing training needs and systems for organizing training in the field, with particular emphasis...

In this Learning Element, you will study the work of some co-operative shops. From their success or failure, you will learn:

You enter a nice shop. The first things that catch your attention are the attractive posters and price signs scattered throughout the shop. They function as "silent salesmen", and they...

Many co-operative trainers are recruited "from the field" with considerable experience and a solid knowledge of cooperation and business management. But for cooperative trainers, this is not enough. To work effectively...

With the rapid growth of towns and cities, there is a pressing need for urban dwellers to have access to affordable shelter that offers reasonable living conditions. The same need...

Most customers want to know the prices before deciding which goods to buy. And many want to read the prices themselves, rather than ask somebody else to tell them.

Matters required, or that are in the interests of a co‑op, can be decided only by the Board as a whole.

This session concentrates on evaluating how well the coop itself is functioning. Participants will learn how to use three key indicators for measuring performance: financial status, delinquency, and occupancy.

Sample Meeting Notice

It is not easy to stand up for what is right, especially when everyone else is afraid to leave the comfortable path of conformity.

One of the fundamental principles of cooperatives is that they are controlled democratically by the members who use them.