scholarly journals Liability of Charitable Associations for Negligence of Their Servants, and the Effect of the Motive of a Founder

1890 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Richard C. McMurtrie ◽  
John Marshall Gest
Keyword(s):  
Charitable Associations

From Ribbonism to Hibernianism in the Post-Famine Diaspora

2018 ◽  
pp. 226-262
Author(s):  
Kyle Hughes ◽  
Donald M. MacRaild
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Charitable Associations

The chapter explores the Ribbon-style charitable associations across the Atlantic, which the exiled Confederate leaders from Ireland sought to co-opt into nationalist cause. Discussion then moves on to the Ribbon networks of 1850s Britain, where the Irish could not call on such unencumbered radical leadership. This chapter also examines some of the differences between what we might term Ribbon–Hibernians in America and in other parts of diaspora. It also considers the trend towards public Hibernian forms. In the 1860s, from Canada to New Zealand, hundreds of branches of many organisations bearing somewhere in their names the word ‘Hibernian’ became the main expression of communal Irishness.

scholarly journals Charitable Incorporated Organisations: An Analysis of the Three UK Jurisdictions

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Gareth G. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Limited Liability ◽  
Legal Form ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Corporate Body ◽  
Legal Forms ◽  
Charitable Associations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Charity Regulation

AbstractThe specific legal forms available for charitable organisations have received much less attention by scholars as compared to work on the definition of charity, the boundaries of charitable status and the duties of charity trustees. Under each of the three UK jurisdictions, it could be argued that all charitable property is held on trust (in the sense that it is held for interests of the charity’s beneficiaries) but many charities are no longer formed using the structure of a trust. Charitable organisations can have many possible structures including charitable trusts, charitable associations, charitable companies and now charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs). Until recently the UK lacked any specific legal form for charities. The CIO was created to remedy this: a corporate body with limited liability, formed purely by registration with the appropriate charity regulator. Since 2008 it has been enshrined in statute in all three UK jurisdictions, though implementation dates only from 2011 in Scotland and from 2013 in England and Wales. The focus of this paper is a comparison of the CIO form in the three UK charity law jurisdictions. It analyses the frameworks for CIOs established in England and Wales, Scottish CIOs (SCIOs) and the (yet to be implemented) CIOs in Northern Ireland. It concludes that whilst the CIO concept is effectively reflected in all three jurisdictions, the differences between these three types of CIOs are much more than just those needed to comply with the different regimes of charity regulation – the differences raise important choices for those seeking to establish new charities operating UK-wide.

scholarly journals Legal foundations of charity as a civil activity in the Russian Empire in the second half of the XIX century

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-46
Author(s):  
MARIA V. RATTUR
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
The State ◽  
Reform Period ◽  
Legal Foundations ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Charitable Associations ◽  
Xix Century

The paper analyzes the significance of legal regulation of charity for the formation of elements of civil society in the Russian Empire in the second half of the XIX century. Legislative changes in the field of regulation of philanthropic activities are systematized. The formation of a new sphere of civic activity outside the influence of the state is considered on the example of charitable associations of the post-reform period. The legal foundations of charity are studied to identify opportunities for the development of civil activity in the Russian Empire.

scholarly journals Advocacy Inequalities among Nonprofits: Do Mission and Tax Status Make Differences

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 103-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel E. Chand
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Business Associations ◽  
Pressure System ◽  
Tax Exempt ◽  
Tax Status ◽  
Nonprofit Associations ◽  
Charitable Associations ◽  
Membership Associations ◽  
Influence Process ◽  
Group Involvement

Scholars have long recognized the high levels of participation by organized business in the “pressure system” (Baumgartner and Leech 2001; Schattschneider 1960; Scholzman and Tierney 1986) and have recently begun studying charitable group involvement, or lack thereof, in the policy influence process (Berry and Arons 2003; Berry 2005 and 2006). Few studies, however, have made comparisons of activities across interest group sectors; and none have done so focusing exclusively on nonprofit associations. This study contributes to the recent nonprofit lobbying literature by examining the lobbying activities of membership associations that issue legislator ratings, or “scorecards.” Creating a sample from scorecard-issuing groups limits focus to nonprofits that have an indicated interest in congressional policy. Specifically, this study attempts to determine if business associations spend significantly more and charitable associations significantly less on lobbying activities. Using analysis of variance methods, the author finds that business associations do spend significantly more on lobbying than their charitable and ideological tax-exempt counterparts. Labor unions fall somewhere in between business and charitable and ideological groups. Finally, groups employing “complex organizational structures” (Boris and Krehely 2002; Reid 2001) lobby at higher levels than groups with one tax status, although this finding does not apply to charitable groups.

scholarly journals Private Voluntary Organizations in Egypt

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-271
Author(s):  
Sheila Carapico
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Nile Valley ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Past ◽  
Community Associations ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
International Linkages ◽  
Charitable Associations ◽  
Private Voluntary Organizations

Over the past five years or so, the considerable western interest inthe role played by nongovernmental voluntary associations in Egypt hasbeen reflected in a growing English-language literature on the subject.Researchers tackle the question from a range of perspectives.One approach, relatively state-centered and legalistic, focuses on howCairo manages to control, co-opt, or "corporatize" autonomous organizationsincluding labor and professional syndicates, agricultural and othercooperatives, and private not-for-profit groups. The principle tool for reiningin private voluntary and community associations is the notorious Law32 of 1964. Under Law 32, the Ministry of Social Affairs can interferedirectly in all aspect of associational life-articulation of goals, election ofofficers, pursuit of projects, allocation of funds, and so on. Among the wellknownsecular nonprofit groups with international linkages that have beendenied licenses from the Ministry are the Egyptian Organization of HumanRights and the Arab Women's Solidarity Association. In this legal and policymilieu, many scholars and human rights activists argue that no registeredassociation in Egypt can properly be deemed "nongovernmental."Other analysts, however, accept Cairo's position that the threat of radicalIslam justifies authoritarian restrictions on independent organizations.The second group of studies is inspired partly by these concerns over theradicalization of Islamist associations. Scholars familiar with social, eco­nomic, and political circumstances in the Nile Valley usually try to counteracthysterical mass media portraits of "Muslim terrorists" with inquiries intothe structure, function, membership, activities, and ideologies of a range ofIslamist institutions including welfare and charitable associations. The particularstrength of politicized Islam in the 1990s, this research suggests, restson the capacity of Islamist charities to provide a crucial layer of social servicesto a burgeoning, underemployed, increasingly impoverished population.Opinion is divided, however, on the question of whether this circumstancefavors containment and stability or frustration and insurrection.A third set of studies, sometimes overlooked by scholars, comes fromwithin the Cairo-based donor community, the "development practitioners" ...

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