Nonprofit Organization Attorneys | Nonprofit Organization Law

Nonprofit organizations play a vital role in our communities, providing critical healthcare, research, educational, and social services while supporting growth and opportunity beyond the communities they serve. With growing needs and limited resources, nonprofits often operate with lean teams and tight budgets.

At Dickinson Wright, we are committed to helping nonprofit clients meet their missions locally, nationally, and internationally. Our nonprofit law team provides practical guidance on both day-to-day and complex strategic matters.

Our Clients

Community foundations
Cultural organizations
Educational institutions
Eldercare facilities
Healthcare entities
Housing facilities
Individuals
Research groups

Lobbying organizations
Neighborhood associations
Nonprofit boards and staff
Political committees
Private foundations
Public charities
Other nonprofit organizations

Our Services

Formation and qualification of nonprofit organizations, including drafting articles, bylaws, compensation agreements, leases, and tax-exempt applications
Advising on governance, financing, fundraising, intellectual property, political activity, tax, and regulatory compliance
Negotiating and closing acquisitions, bond transactions, and construction projects
Supporting capital campaigns, consortiums, reorganizations, dissolutions, and other complex nonprofit initiatives

We also collaborate across the firm to address multidisciplinary nonprofit matters.

Representative Matters

–Guided tax-exempt and nonprofit organizations through formation and establishment.

–Counseled a variety of corporations and individuals regarding congressional ethics, multi-state lobbying, and gift rule compliance.

–Merged separate foundations into a single foundation contemporaneously with the merger of related health care organizations, including expedited Internal Revenue Service approval of the combination.

–Facilitated commercialization of intellectual property developed by a nonprofit research organization.

–Secured Internal Revenue Service approval of an organization that provides medical assistance in the United States and abroad.

–Created a Canadian nonprofit affiliated with a U.S.-based organization.

–Incorporated a consortium of governmental nonprofit service providers, including hospitals, first responders, and ambulance services.

–Assisted with the division of private foundation for more efficient operation, including expedited Internal Revenue Service approval.

–Converted a nonprofit entity into a for-profit company and vice-versa.

–Provided counsel regarding reasonable compensation, health insurance, and retirement package for the executive of a nonprofit organization.

–Analyzed life lease requirements under the Elder Care Act.

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