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Deputy Attorney General to Speak in San Francisco with Attorney Thomas Silk on New Charity Integrity Law

11-29-2004

Contact:
Marla Cornelius
415.541.9000x315 marlac@compasspoint.org

Belinda Johns of the State Attorney General's Office, and Thomas Silk of the law firm Silk, Adler & Colvin, will speak in San Francisco advising nonprofits on how to comply with the new law going into effect January 1, 2005.

With just two months notice, more than 100,000 California nonprofits will have to comply with new and complex legislation in the Charity Integrity Act (SB 1262) signed by Governor Schwarzenegger and going to effect on January 1 of the coming year. To explain the law and how to comply with it, a free briefing will be held on Tuesday, December 14, at 10:00 am at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. The program features two exceptionally well qualified speakers:

Belinda Johns, Deputy Attorney General of California, and head of the department on nonprofits, was a major drafter of the legislation
Attorney Thomas Silk heads up the nation's leading law firm specializing in nonprofit law, Silk Adler & Colvin, who opposed the law's adoption but also influenced key components of the law through his testimony to the legislature. http://www.silklaw.com

The program's emphasis will be on practical compliance with the new law, rather than on debating the merits of the law. The program is sponsored by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, a California nonprofit consulting and research firm.

Components of the new law include:

Nonprofits with annual income of $2 million or more are required to have external, CPA audits

New rules on board committees and conflict-of-interest are in effect
Nonprofits must comply with new fundraising laws
On-line registration to attend the briefing is available at http://www.compasspoint.org.

To have a registration form faxed to you, please call 415-541-9000 with your fax number.

About CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

With offices in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services is a nonprofit consulting and training organization. Through a broad range of services including consulting, research, information dissemination, workshops, and conferences, CompassPoint strives to provide the best management tools and concepts to help nonprofits better serve their communities. For more information, visit http://www.compasspoint.org/ or call 415.541.9000 in San Francisco or 415.541.9505 in San Jose.