Nonprofit Organizations: Corporate advice for nonprofit organizations and systems, including formation, reorganization, and dissolution, governance, governance disputes, executive compensation practices, fiduciary duties, conflict of interest issues, and contracting.
Tax-Exemption: Advice regarding obtaining and maintaining federal tax-exempt status, avoiding and addressing excess benefit transactions and self-dealing, unrelated business income issues, domestic and international grantmaking, maintenance of public charity status, private foundation compliance, relationships with taxable organizations, compliance with restrictions on lobbying and political campaign activity, obtaining and maintaining state sales and use tax-exemption and real property tax-exemption.
Transactions: Corporate reorganizations, mergers, and affiliations of nonprofit organizations, transactions between tax-exempt and taxable organizations, and joint ventures between tax-exempt and/or taxable organizations.
Fundraising: Regulatory compliance for charities with respect to local and multi-state fundraising programs and Internet solicitations, contracts with professional solicitors and fundraising counsel, and conduct of special events.
