Who We Help
Nonprofits & Social Enterprises
Org Law advises nonprofit and mission-driven organizations on governance, contracts, funding arrangements, earned revenue, partnerships, executive matters, transactions, investigations, and organizational compliance.
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Legal support for
how you operate.
Mission does not reduce legal complexity. Charitable restrictions, grants, earned revenue, partnerships, board duties, employment, and organizational change can pull in different directions at the same time.
When leaders call
You are starting, growing, or changing the organization.
Leaders need clarity on a decision.
An opportunity or concern needs counsel.
Formation, tax-exempt structure, and governing documents
Form the organization, prepare its initial bylaws and board approvals, and plan the exemption and registration work that fits the mission and funding model.
Board duties, conflicts, delegations, and corporate action
Advise on fiduciary duties, conflicts, committees, officer authority, delegations, approvals, resolutions, minutes, policies, and legally reliable decision records.
Tax-exempt status, UBIT, lobbying, and private benefit
Advise on exemption requirements, unrelated business income, sponsorships and royalties, lobbying and political activity, private benefit, inurement, and excess benefit exposure.
Grants, restricted funds, sponsorships, and earned revenue
Draft and review grant agreements, restricted gifts, sponsorships, fee-for-service arrangements, licensing, earned-revenue programs, funding conditions, and related compliance obligations.
Commercial contracts, technology, data, privacy, and IP
Negotiate vendor, technology, cloud, event, licensing, data-processing, confidentiality, outsourcing, content, trademark, and digital-service agreements.
Subsidiaries, joint ventures, fiscal sponsorships, and social enterprise structures
Structure subsidiaries, taxable affiliates, joint ventures, fiscal sponsorships, shared services, program collaborations, revenue-generating activities, and intercompany arrangements.
Executive agreements, compensation, investigations, and succession
Draft executive agreements, advise on compensation approval, support investigations, succession and transition planning, separations, confidentiality, and board oversight.
Mergers, affiliations, dissolutions, and organizational change
Support mergers, affiliations, asset transfers, dissolutions, restructurings, diligence, approvals, charitable-asset issues, transaction documents, and implementation.