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Nonprofit

The firm provides comprehensive legal services to nonprofit organizations including public charities, foundations, religious institutions, membership organizations, business leagues and quasi-public entities. Our team provides support across a wide range of issues, from entity formation and application for tax-exempt status, to governance and compliance with state and federal rules and regulations.  We understand the statutory and common-law landscape affecting nonprofit organizations in New Jersey and provide practical, results-oriented guidance to ensure that a nonprofit business entity’s mission can be effectively pursued within the parameters of any applicable tax exemption. To further this goal, we draft policies, bylaws and other internal documents for the nonprofit, and counsel trustees and directors on their fiduciary duties to the organization. This can include general counseling and guidance, meeting attendance, asset protection strategies and other legal advice specific to the size and type of a nonprofit status organization.

Representative Matters

  • Representing a non-profit public charity in the formation and tax-exempt qualification of affiliated 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(3) organizations, structuring governance and compliance to support nationwide advocacy, educational programming, and charitable fundraising initiatives.
  • Representing a non-profit private foundation in the formation and tax-exempt qualification of a 501(c)(3) formed for educational and religious purposes.
  • Representing a 501(c)(3) quasi-public charitable organization in its corporate governance, contracting, conflicts of interest, and internal employment matters, as well as its government relations.
  • Representing several 501(c)(6) membership organizations with profit generating arms in mergers, reorganizations of corporate structures, non-profit governance, election compliance, real estate portfolio management, asset protection, and other legal matters. 
  • Representing a global 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the advancement of zero-emission vehicle and infrastructure technology in evidentiary proceedings before the NJBPU, advocating for policies supporting electrification of commercial and heavy-duty vehicle transportation and related incentive programs.

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