Whether you are seeking advice on

• charitable organizations, trade associations, educational organizations, social welfare organizations, family and corporate foundations

• public charities, private foundations, supporting organizations, charitable trusts, endowment trusts

• taxable nonprofit organizations or other non-profit organizations

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our team can guide you step by step.

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We help clients manage

• Private inurement, private benefit, excess benefit transactions and other tax compliance issue

• Transactions between the non-profit organization and its founders, donors, board members, officers and employees

• Charitable giving and endowment policies

• Acquisitions, mergers and reorganizations

• Corporate governance, conflicts of interest, appropriate organizational structures

• State non-profit laws and filing requirements

• Qualification for tax exempt status and filing the Application for Recognition of Exemption of Tax Exempt Status with the IRS

• Unrelated business income issues

 

A wide level of experience and diverse perspectives

• Nelson Mullins’ non-profit attorneys include former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

• Tax attorneys with LLM degrees in tax law

• Attorney team includes former certified public accountants

• Attorney team experience includes counsel to trade associations, university and college counsel, school district counsel

 

Our clients span industry sectors

• Public Housing and other public initiatives

• Trade Associations

• Healthcare Industry

• Educational Organizations

• Governmental and quasi-governmental organizations

 

Make careful, timely, and informed decisions

Address the myriad of issues that confront the non-profit organization from organization, operation, consolidation and dissolution while simultaneously managing the tax exempt or taxable aspects of the organization.  Our team works side-by-side with our non-profit clients, developing an understanding of their business objectives and helping to achieve tax objectives.

 

Our non-profit organization services help you to

• Receive advice on the state and federal implication of commercial transactions

• Maintain tax exempt status

• Track, analyze, and understand state and federal laws applicable to your non-profit status and your tax exempt status

• Establish necessary policies and procedures

• Address and document governance decisions and responsibilities

• Respond to inquiries or audits by the IRS

• Create compliant joint ventures, mergers, and other strategic applications

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