Lathrop GPM’s Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations team combines genuine appreciation for our clients’ work with expertise in the highly specialized, complex and dynamic legal environment in which they operate.

Our attorneys take great pride in helping nonprofits achieve their goals, providing legal counsel to a broad array of organizations including:

  • Colleges, universities and schools
  • Community foundations
  • Health care organizations
  • Human services programs

  • Political organizations
  • Private foundations for individuals and corporations
  • Start-up nonprofit organizations
  • Social enterprise nonprofits

Complete Legal Support

Like all businesses, nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations have a full range of legal needs. Our team supports you with the comprehensive services you need to fulfill your mission, including:

  • Administration of endowments and restricted funds
  • Affiliations, joint ventures and mergers & acquisitions
  • Charitable contribution solicitation
  • Compliance with federal and state reporting requirements
  • Corporate sponsorships and cause-related marketing
  • Director and officer liability and conflicts of interests
  • IRS audits and appeals
  • Lobbying and political activity
  • Structuring of charitable gifts
  • Tax-exempt bond financing
  • Unrelated business taxable income and sales tax

Our attorneys are highly skilled and familiar with the unique needs of nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations in the following legal areas:

  • Bond financing
  • Charitable giving
  • Employee benefits
  • Employment
  • Intellectual property
  • Real estate
Meet the Team

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