Greg A. Larson

Greg Larson counsels nonprofit organizations in all aspects of their businesses, including formation, tax-exemption matters, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, financing, regulatory matters, and general business matters. Greg advises private foundations on the special tax regulations affecting them, especially issues concerning grant-making and fellowship program design and implementation. In his practice, Greg frequently advises higher education institutions and their related foundations, as well as health care entities, especially hospitals and long-term care providers.

Prior to entering law school, Greg worked as an editor at a book publisher and taught college courses in rhetoric and composition.

Experience

• Provides ongoing advice regarding tax-exemption matters and regulatory compliance
• Assists in all aspects of joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions for nonprofit, higher education, and health care providers
• Counsels colleges, universities, and related foundations on gift acceptance, endowment funds, and scholarship programs
• Advises private foundations regarding governance, grant-making programs, and general compliance
• Advises hospitals and medical staffs regarding medical staff issues and peer review
• Advises long-term care providers regarding compliance and contracting issues
• Acts as borrower’s counsel in tax-exempt bond financings
• Incorporates and obtains tax-exempt status for new organizations

• Co-presenter, "All Tied Up and Nowhere to Go? Managing Restricted Gifts to Your Benefit," Minnesota Gift Planning Association Annual Conference, October 4, 2023
• Presenter, "Lightning Round: New Regulatory Updates - Telehealth & Cross-State Practice Issues: Lessons from the Pandemic," Lathrop GPM Health Law Seminar, September 13, 2023
• Co-presenter, "Transitions, Terminations, and Relocations," LeadingAge Minnesota Assisted Living Conference, August 16, 2023
• Co-presenter, "Grantmaking Best Practices," Minnesota CLE 2023 Nonprofit Law Conference, March 14, 2023
• Presenter, "Assisted Living Law Version 2022: Recent Changes, Compliance Guidance and Pain Points," Lathrop GPM Health Law Seminar, September 22, 2022 
• Co-Presenter, "Playing Your Hand: Managing Restricted and Complex Gifts and Funds," Minnesota Council on Nonprofits Finance and Sustainability Conference, March 31, 2022
• Host, 2022 Nonprofit Law Conference, Minnesota CLE, March 8, 2022
• Co-Presenter, "First Steps Towards Assisted Living Licensure," LeadingAge Minnesota, April 7, 2021
• Presenter, "Confronting Financial Challenges in Higher Ed," Employment Law Alliance, October 20, 2020
• Moderator, "Give It Up but Don’t Tie It Up: Considerations for Restricted Gifts," Gray Plant Mooty Event & Webinar, April 17, 2019 
• Co-Presenter, "Navigating the New Tax Law Changes in the Nonprofit World," Gray Plant Mooty Event & Webinar, April 24, 2018
• Co-Presenter, "Washington Update: The Debate over How to ‘Repeal and Replace’ the Affordable Care Act," Gray Plant Mooty Health Law Conference, July 20, 2017
• Presenter, "Financial Relationships with Executives and Other Organizational Insiders: Avoiding Excess Benefit Transactions," Minnesota CLE Center, Nonprofit Law Conference, March 17, 2017
• Presenter, "The Yin and Yang of Governance," Minnesota CLE Center, Nonprofit Law Conference, April 11, 2016
• Presenter, "Fundraising Essentials for Minnesota Nonprofits," Hennepin County Bar Association LINC, March 24, 2016
• Presenter, "To Be or Not to Be a Church: Tax Exemption Issues for Religious Colleges and Universities," Legal and Public Policy Conference, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities,  October 2, 2015
• Presenter, "HIPAA / HITECH Act Compliance: Preparing for Phase 2 Audits," GPM Health Law Conference, July 14, 2015
• Presenter, "Public Benefit Corporations: Est. 2015 2007? 1978?," Community Development Clinic, William Mitchell College of Law, April 24, 2015
• Presenter, "Fold, Bet, or Raise Funds: A Primer on Charitable Gambling," Nonprofit Law Brownbag Series, Minnesota CLE Center, March 27, 2015
• Panelist, "Two Sides of the Charitable Giving Coin: Comparing Donor Advised Funds and Private Foundations," Minnesota Philanthropy Partners, March 10, 2015
• Presenter, "Charitable Gambling: This Ain’t Vegas," Nonprofit Law Conference, Minnesota CLE Center, March 12, 2014
• Presenter, "How to Serve on a Nonprofit Board of Directors," Minnesota CLE Center Live Webcast, August 12, 2013
• Presenter, "Unrelated Business Income Tax Issues," Nonprofit Organizations from Start to Finish, NBI Conference, June 2012 
• Presenter, "Duties and Liabilities of Nonprofit Officers and Directors," Nonprofit Organizations from Start to Finish, NBI Conference, June 2012 
• Presenter, "Collaborations & Affiliations: Joint Ventures, Subsidiary Relationships, and Mergers & Combinations," Minnesota Nonprofit Deskbook Seminars, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 5, 2011 
• Presenter, "Special Issues for Nonprofit Employers," GPM Employment Law Seminar, April 21, 2010 
• Presenter, "Intermediate Sanctions," How to Keep Tax-Exempt Organizations in Compliance, NBI Conference, December 2008
• Presenter, "Did We Do That Right? Compliance Issues for Health Providers," GPM Health Law Conference, July 2007

• American Health Lawyers Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association, Nonprofit Corporation Committee
• Hennepin County Bar Association

• Youth Mentor, TreeHouse
• Past Chair, Board of Directors, Cornerstone Advocacy Service

• “North Star Lawyers,” Minnesota State Bar Association, 2019 - 2020
• “Minnesota Rising Star,” Thomson Reuters, 2013