Governance, Policy & Legal

This Guide has been prepared as a publication under an award to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, as part of a project to increase worker ownership among low- to moderate-income workers.

This manual is designed to help people in rural Wisconsin develop housing cooperatives composed of a small number of adjacent single-family homes specifically designed for senior citizens.

This legal primer is designed to provide community groups with a basic resource for understanding the legal issues involved in starting a food co-op.

Traditionally, a business organized on a cooperative basis subordinates the interests of the capital investor to those of the business user, or patron.

These rules are for co-ops managed by general meetings. This means that the whole membership forms the governing body of the co-op.

Sample Management Entry Profile

Sample of Membership Cert

AN ACT to authorize cities, incorporated villages, metropolitan districts, counties, and other public bodies to aid housing projects of housing authorities, housing commissions, and the federal government

Owning a home is the quintessential symbol of the American Dream. A home purchase will be the largest purchase most Americans ever make. According to the United States Census Bureau, 66.4%...

There is no single authority for how associations operate. Every nonprofit and its board is unique. They are influenced by culture, resources, scope, and member expectations, among other factors.

Introduction: These rules are for co-ops managed by general meetings. This means that the whole membership forms the governing body of the co-op. It is assumed that day-to-day management is...

The objectives of the repairs and maintenance policy are: to ensure that the co-op meets its legal repairs and maintenance obligations, to ensure that the co-op operates a high-quality, sensitive,...

Sample NAP Bylaws

Sample NAP Memorandum of Understanding

Sample NAP Operational Policies and Procedures

Emigrant Mortgage Co., Inc. v. Greenberg, 34 Misc. 3d 1236(A), 950 N.Y.S.2d 608 (Dist. Ct. 2012) (unreported)

March 1, 2024 – Federal Court rules that the Corporate Transparency Act is Unconstitutional: What does it mean for Community Associations?

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Is an individual board member exempt from liability if acting in his or her capacity as a board member? That was one of the many questions in Fletcher v. The...

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For nearly two decades, the BoardSource Nonprofit Governance Index has served as a resource and a tool for understanding how nonprofits govern their organizations across the sector.

This Executive Summary presents our survey methodology and a profile of the respondents, and then reports on the findings in key categories: composition and recruitment, structures, policies and procedures, roles...

Contributing to Prosperity: The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Nonprofit Organizations in Northwest Michigan

There are more than 1 million nonprofit organizations in the U.S. The development and maintenance of an operating framework promotes efficiency, creates systems, reduces risk, and establishes training manuals.