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Elizabeth Schmidt

Professor of Practice, Nonprofit Organizations; Social & Environmental Enterprises, University of Massachusetts Amherst. I have taught law at William and Mary and Vermont Law School. I have also taught business, public policy, public administration, engineering, and education students at George Mason, Marlboro College, and U Mass Amherst. I have consulted with nonprofit and social enterprises and I began two successful revenue generating programs within major U.S. nonprofit organizations. I have written several articles and two editions of Nonprofit Law: The Life Cycle of a Charitable Organization.

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Why I use the NRA as a case study for how nonprofits shouldn’t operate

May 19, 2021 1:29 pm

Why I use the NRA as a case study for how nonprofits shouldn’t operate

The gun group’s wobbly finances and other woes make it the epitome of a poorly run nonprofit, because it violates four key legal and management principles, says guest columnist Elizabeth Schmidt.