Services

Legal Counsel for Exempt Organizations

  • Incorporation and tax-exempt status

  • Equivalency determination

  • Multi-entity, networked or associated entity structures

  • Fiscal sponsorship structures

  • Contracting

  • Regulatory compliance Fractional general counsel services

Organization Health & Effectiveness

  • Governance design, assessment, and improvement

  • Policy design and implementation

  • Change management

Risk Management

  • Legal risk assessments

  • Legal risk mitigation planning

  • Legal crisis response

Grantmaking and Fund Design

  • Grant program design

  • Systems, processes, and compliance protocols

  • Donor collaborative design and regranting operations

  • Monitoring, reporting, and practical grant compliance

  • Cross-border fund design and funding guidance

  • Expenditure responsibility

  • Funder/grantee capacity building

  • Trainings and guidance materials

  • Mission Possible: Staying Compliant and Mission-Driven in Challenging Operating Environments

  • From Reactive to Ready: A Practical Approach to Nonprofit Risk Management

  • Risky Business (Nonprofit Edition): A Survival Guide

  • Unlocking Potential through Multi-Entity Structures

  • Understanding. Charitability

Speaking Engagements

To learn more about non-legal consulting services, please visit our partner organization, Kestrel Organizational Advisors for more information.

Capacity Building & Training

  • Common legal concepts relevant to charitable organizations, such as charitability, advocacy and lobbying, electioneering, and grantmaking

  • Cross-border giving

  • Governance

  • Risk management

  • Tailored trainings and resources for operations and programmatic

  • Facilitation for boards, leadership teams, and multi-stakeholder coalitions