What Does Private Benefit Really Mean Day to Day?
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Excess benefit, impermissible private benefit and private inurement trouble land conservationists every day. What does it really mean in day to day practice? How to distinguish incidental and insubstantial conferment, and how do you document and measure it? This reference delves into triage of risks, identify where flexibility exists and illustrate application with a series of case studies. Common issues include service delivery to landowners, transfer of development rights, program facilitation fees, conservation easement violations, fundraising and marketing to name a few.
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