Nonprofit Law Made Easy

Bruce R. Hopkins is a lawyer in Kansas City, Missouri, withthe firm of Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus PC, having practicedlaw in Washington, D.C., for 26 years. He specializes in therepresentation of tax-exempt organizations. His practice rangesover the entirety of tax matters involving exempt organizations,with emphasis on the formation of nonprofit organizations,acquisition of recognition of tax-exempt status for them, theprivate inurement and private benefit doctrines, the intermediatesanctions rules, legislative and political campaign activitiesissues, public charity and private foundation rules, unrelatedbusiness planning, use of exempt and for-profit subsidiaries, jointventure planning, review of annual information returns, Internetcommunications developments, the law of charitable giving(including planned giving), and fundraising law issues.
Mr. Hopkins served as chair of the Committee on ExemptOrganizations, Tax Section, American Bar Association; chair,Section of Taxation, National Association of College and UniversityAttorneys; and president, Planned Giving Study Group of GreaterWashington, D.C. He was accorded the Assistant Commissioner's(IRS) Award in 1984.
Mr. Hopkins is the series editor of Wiley's Nonprofit Law,Finance, and Management Series. In addition to Nonprofit LawMade Easy, he is the author of The Law of Tax-ExemptOrganizations, Eighth Edition; The Tax Law of CharitableGiving, Third Edition; The Law of Fundraising, ThirdEdition; 650 Essential Nonprofit Law Questions Answered;The Nonprofits' Guide to Internet Communications Law;The Law of Intermediate Sanctions: A Guide for Nonprofits;The First Legal Answer Book for Fund-Raisers; The SecondLegal Answer Book for Fund-Raisers; The Legal Answer Bookfor Nonprofit Organizations; The Second Legal Answer Bookfor Nonprofit Organizations; The Nonprofit LawDictionary; and Starting and Managing a NonprofitOrganization: A Legal Guide, Fourth Edition.
In addition, Mr. Hopkins is the co-author, with Jody Blazek, ofPrivate Foundations: Tax Law and Compliance, Second Edition;also with Ms. Blazek, The Legal Answer Book for PrivateFoundations; and with Thomas K. Hyatt, The Law of Tax-ExemptHealthcare Organizations, Second Edition. He also writesBruce R. Hopkins' Nonprofit Counsel, a monthlynewsletter, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Mr. Hopkins earned his J.D. and L.L.M. degrees at the GeorgeWashington University and his B.A. at the University of Michigan.He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and thestate of Missouri.