Nonprofit Organizations Law

The Internal Revenue Service's webpage on charities and nonprofits provides links for forms and education about nonprofit entities and contains a searchable database of nonprofit entities.

This Internal Revenue Services' webpage provides several links for each state government's webpages on business and nonprofit entities.

This HeinOnline database compiles state law resources and returns results based on subject or keywords.

The National Association of State Charity Officials' webpage contains links to a number of resources related to nonprofit law.

Leverages networks of nonprofit organizations to inform, advocate, and support nonprofits for the common good.

Membership organization that supports Pennsylvania’s nonprofit sector as a collective whole.

Lexis's nonprofit corporations and organizations 50 state survey (comparing differences in state laws).

Westlaw's 50 state survey focusing on nonprofit and tax exempt organizations.

This 50 state survey from the National Counsel of Nonprofits focuses on audit requirements for nonprofits in each state.

This 50 state survey from Harbor Compliance compares nonprofit governance laws from each state.

National Survey of State Laws (NSSL) is a print and online resource that provides an overall view of some of the most-asked about and controversial legal topics in the United States. This database is derived from Richard Leiter's National Survey of State Laws Print editions. Presented in chart format, NSSL allows users to make basic state-by-state comparisons of current state laws. The database is updated biannually as new laws are passed or updated.