Stay in Good Standing: Your Guide to Annual Legal Compliance for California Nonprofits
This session, led by attorneys from the Public Law Center, will provide nonprofit professionals, board members, and advisors with a comprehensive overview of annual legal compliance obligations for California charitable organizations. The session will walk participants through the key reporting, filing, and renewal requirements with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), California Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable Trusts, and the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB), including Form 990 filings, RRF-1 registration renewal, state tax-exemption compliance, and corporate obligations under California nonprofit law.
In addition to reviewing statutory and regulatory requirements, the course will highlight common compliance pitfalls, penalty risks, and strategies to maintain good standing across agencies. Participants will leave with actionable tools, timelines, and checklists to support annual compliance and strengthen organizational health and transparency.
Who Should Attend:
Executive Directors, board members, finance staff, pro bono attorneys, and anyone working with or advising charitable nonprofit organizations in California.
Meet Your Trainers:
Brigid Joyce has been practicing law for twenty-two years. She joined Public Law Center as the Supervising Attorney of the Small Business and Nonprofit Project (“SBNP”) and Associate General Counsel in 2023. Ms. Joyce previously worked in the areas of environmental law and general civil litigation (including the areas of employment, business and transactional law). She also served as an Adjunct Professor at Whittier Law School from 2012 through 2015, teaching three courses in legal writing.
Shara Darden is a Staff Attorney at Public Law Center. She works with new, emerging, and established small businesses and nonprofits serving low-income and under-resourced communities, providing guidance on legal formation, structure, and ongoing compliance issues.
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