• Management/technical assistance providers
• Legal resources
• Nonprofit associations
• State agencies
• Start-up guides

Legal resources

• San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program

  Assistance to Non-profit Organizations

  SDVLP provides legal services and technical assistance to non-profit community organizations and groups, whose primary purpose is to serve disadvantaged, low-income San Diegans, and who do not have the financial resources to retain private counsel.

• California Lawyers for the Arts

  Service organization which provides lawyer referrals, dispute resolution services, educational programs, publications and a resource library to artists of all disciplines and arts organizations.

• Bar Association of San Francisco

  Community Organization Representation Project (CORP)

  The Community Organization Representation Project (CORP) of the Volunteer Legal Services Program provides free legal services to community organizations serving low income individuals or communities in Northern California.

• Staff pick Public Law Center

  Community Organizations Legal Assistance Project

  Public Law Center's Community Organizations Legal Assistance Project (COLAP) makes free legal services available to community-based nonprofit organizations, childcare centers and providers.

• Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

  Housing & Community Economic Development

  This organization helps nonprofits with legal issues such as formation, taxes and governance. Scroll down to the "Nonprofit Assistance" section of this page for a link to a manual about starting a nonprofit in California.

• Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation

  Legal Resources: California

  Links to information on legal topics relevant to California nonprofit organizations.

• Public Counsel Law Center

  Public Counsel's Community Development Project (CDP) provides a wide range of transactional legal services to qualifying nonprofit organizations. We assist start-up nonprofits that share our mission by helping to incorporate, obtain tax exemption, and establish workable corporate structures and policies.