DIRECTORS & OFFICERS

As a Director or Officer of a nonprofit organization, are you IMMUNE from liability?

• Immunity does not prevent an organization from being sued
• Immunity typically applies to volunteers, not to paid employees or the organization itself
• Employment-related laws are the same for any type of organization
• Over 90 percent of the claims against nonprofit organizations are employment practices-related
• There employment practices claims may include wrongful termination, third party sexual harassment and third party discrimination 
• Nearly 85 percent of nonprofit have an annual budget that is less than the average cost to defend a claim closed by litigation