The Dorsey Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations group counsels a variety of nonprofit and tax-exempt clients on a wide range of tax, corporate, and other legal issues. Our clients include:
- Public charities
- Private foundations
- Governmental and quasi-governmental entities
- Healthcare organizations
- Educational institutions
- Social welfare organizations
- Professional societies
- Trade associations
- Cooperatives
- Political organizations
Dorsey attorneys assist with the creation and ongoing operation of nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations by providing advice on corporate structure, governance, fiduciary duties, and conflicts of interest, and by drafting organizational documents and amendments, tax-exemption applications, and other federal or state filings.
Dorsey attorneys also provide the full spectrum of legal services to non profit and tax exempt entities from employment and benefit law to advice on political spending to formation of cooperatives.
Dorsey attorneys also provide advice on tax issues, such as intermediate sanctions, private benefit, unrelated business income tax, tax-exempt financing, private foundation compliance, tax reporting, and employment and excise tax matters. We have extensive experience dealing with the Internal Revenue Service, obtaining tax determinations and rulings, coordinating tax audits, and handling tax controversies, both administratively and in court.
Our attorneys also counsel section 501(c)(3) organizations in fundraising and donor-related activities, providing advice on matters such as:
- Compliance with charitable solicitation laws (click here for more information)
- Availability of income tax deductions for donors, and substantiation requirements
- Creation of donor advised funds, field of interest funds, endowment funds
- Creation of charitable remainder and lead trusts
- Creation of gifts annuities and pooled income funds
Please contact us for more information concerning the Nonprofit and Exempt Organizations practice group at Dorsey.
Agribusiness and Cooperatives
Benefits and Executive Compensation
Charitable Registration
Emily Christensen
Education
Governance
Claire Topp
Governmental Entities
Thomas Vander Molen
Health Transactions
Claire Topp
Paul Torgerson
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Political Law
Lynette Slater Crandall
Private Foundations
Property Tax Exemption
Public Finance
Chris Kuhn
Strategic Planning
Paul Torgerson
Trademark and Copyright