Free Trustee Training and Resources

The Charitable Trusts Unit offers free online training sessions for board members of New Hampshire nonprofit organizations.

Charitable Nonprofit Board Training Videos

The Charitable Trusts Unit is making available free board training videos for board members of New Hampshire nonprofit organizations. There are three training videos on the following topics:

Video 1: Definition of a charity and paperwork obligations under state and federal law

Video 1: Definition of a charity and paperwork obligations under state and federal law

This video explains the definition of a charity under New Hampshire law and goes over the registration and reporting requirements under state and federal law.

 

Video 2: The fiduciary duties of nonprofit board members

Video 2: The fiduciary duties of nonprofit board members

This video explains the role of a charity's board of directors and their fiduciary duties of loyalty, care, and obedience.

Video 3: Board best practices and immunities

Video 3: Board best practices and immunities

This video provides some best practices for boards of directors and explains some of the statutory immunities to which charity directors and volunteers may be entitled.

Completing the Form NHCT-12, Schedule A

Completing Form NHCT-12 Schedule A

This video explains step by step how to fill out Schedule A to the Form NHCT-12 Annual Report. The Schedule A is required to be submitted by all charities that do not file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, Form 990-PF, or Form 5227.

Length: 14:24 | Transcript: Completing Form NHCT-12 Schedule A

Municipal Trustee Training

Training videos for municipal trustees of trust funds, including videos on how to complete the MS-9 and MS-10 forms, are available on our Municipal Trustee Training page.

Additional Training and Resources

CTU Resources:

External Resources—New Hampshire:
(Views expressed in these resources are those of their author and are not necessarily the views of the Department of Justice or the Charitable Trusts Unit)

Sample Governing Documents and Policies—New Hampshire:
(These documents are made available for use by their author, Kate Miller, of the law firm of Donahue, Tucker & Ciandella, PLLC. They are the work of their author and not of the Charitable Trusts Unit. Charities are encouraged to work with legal counsel or other professionals to ensure that their governing documents are suited to the needs of their organization.)

External Resources—National:
(Views expressed in these resources are those of their author and are not necessarily the views of the Department of Justice or the Charitable Trusts Unit)

Contact the Charitable Trusts Unit at CharitableTrustsUnit@doj.nh.gov with any questions.