Nonprofit Organizations and Associations

The attorneys in our Nonprofit Organizations and Associations Group have extensive experience representing nonprofit organizations and associations on the wide variety of matters relating to their special status and operations.  Our attorneys have backgrounds in tax, corporate, transactions, real estate, employment, intellectual property, litigation, and other areas of law pertinent to nonprofit organizations and associations.  Quality representation in these areas is especially important in today's environment of increased federal and state scrutiny, and requires in-depth knowledge and understanding of many complex laws, rules and regulations.

Our Nonprofit Organizations and Associations Group attorneys advise and counsel nonprofit organization and association clients in the areas of:

• Antitrust
• Certification, accreditation and credentialing
• Charitable giving and estate planning
• Chapters and affiliates
• Charitable solicitations and fundraising
• Contracts
• Employment matters
• Executive and employee compensation planning
• Fiduciary responsibilities of trustees, directors and officers
• Formation
• Governance
• Intellectual Property (trademarks, copyrights, patents, etc.)
• Intermediate sanctions
• Joint ventures
• Litigation
• Lobbying
• Mergers, acquisitions and consolidations
• Membership and members
• Pension and benefits plans (Sections 403(b) and 457)
• Political Action Committees (PACs)
• Private foundation requirements
• Private inurement and private benefit analysis
• Public charity (non private foundation) status
• Real estate matters
• Risk management
• State tax exemptions
• Tax-exempt status recognition (Forms 1023 and 1024) and maintenance
• Tax-exempt bond financing
• Unrelated business income tax analysis and planning

We work with nonprofit organizations and associations that operate on a local, regional, national and international basis.  The following is a representative list of the types of nonprofit organization and association clients we serve:

• Assisted living and skilled nursing providers
• Certification, accreditation and credentialing organizations
• Charitable organizations
• Continuing care retirement communities
• Foundations (community and private)
• Educational, scientific, training and research organizations
• Fraternal organizations
• Hospitals and health care systems
• Human services providers
• Professional associations
• Religious organizations and groups
• Schools
• Social clubs
• Social welfare organizations
• State and local governments and governmental agencies
• Supporting organizations
• Trade associations and business leagues
• Universities and colleges