Advancing an Understanding of the Regulatory Environments in which Nonprofits Operate Through the Creation and Digitization of an Open-Source Legal Compendium of Nonprofit Law

Teresa D. Harrison; Jesse Lecy; Mary L. Shelly

doi:10.1515/npf-2025-0013

Advancing an Understanding of the Regulatory Environments in which Nonprofits Operate Through the Creation and Digitization of an Open-Source Legal Compendium of Nonprofit Law

Teresa D. Harrison, Jesse Lecy Mary L. Shelly

Nonprofit policy forum, v 17(1-2), pp 297-321

09 Feb 2026

: https://doi.org/10.1515/npf-2025-0013

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We discuss the research process and outcomes related to updating and integrating two datasets containing information on nonprofit regulations: (1) the Legal Compendium (LC), a publicly available online resource that identifies important legal requirements for nonprofits in 56 U.S. states and jurisdictions, created in consultation with state charity regulators and (2) the Legal Text Data (LTD), a repository of digitized text of state regulatory statutes. We provide details on the process, the importance, examples of analysis that can be done with the data and potential next steps for the research agenda.

: Advancing an Understanding of the Regulatory Environments in which Nonprofits Operate Through the Creation and Digitization of an Open-Source Legal Compendium of Nonprofit Law
: Teresa D. Harrison (Corresponding Author) - Drexel University
Jesse Lecy - Arizona State University
Mary L. Shelly - Unifor
: Nonprofit policy forum, v 17(1-2), pp 297-321
: Walter De Gruyter
: 25
: Journal article
: English
: Economics (School of Economics); Raj and Kamla Gupta Governance Institute
: WOS:001674598800001
: 2-s2.0-105029129678
: 991022196572304721