My Nonprofit Attorney PLLC
Keep Swimming. We Got You.
Nonprofits do so much. They educate our youth. They protect and advocate for our most vulnerable. They steward the environment. They empower us to pursue our dreams. They do all of this and so much more with incredibly limited resources while operating in a complex and ever shifting regulatory environment.
My Nonprofit Attorney was created with the simple goal to provide practical and affordable legal services to nonprofits making a difference.
What we specialize in. . .
Fiscal Sponsorship
Fiscal Sponsorship is a critical piece of nonprofit infrastructure that is more important than ever. Whether bringing on your first or one hundredth project or moving in or out of a fiscal sponsor relationship, we bring deep expertise in fiscal sponsorship to help you do it right.
Compliance
State registrations. Federal Registrations. Lobbying Disclosures. Public support test. UBIT. Conflicts of Interest. Independent Contractor Tests. Grant restrictions. The list goes on and on and on. We take a practical approach to educate our clients on compliance matters and partner with them to effectively manage.
Contracting
Contracts govern some of your most important relationships and doing them right is key to achieving your mission. We educate you on the basics and best practices, co-design your approach to contracting and provide hands on support in drafting and negotiating contracts.
Formations
Forming a nonprofit is both an exciting and anxiety inducing time. We’ll help you evaluate your options, draft foundational documents, incorporate, apply for tax-exempt status and organize all of the other legal pieces to help you launch with confidence.
Big Changes
In these extraordinary times, nonprofits are changing. In some cases nonprofits are expanding and adding programs. Others are closing their doors and moving programs to mission-aligned partners. In between, deep and impact collaborations with peer organizations are afoot. From strategy to implementation, we assist you in all the legal aspects of big transitions.
Fractional Counsel
Just because your nonprofit isn’t big enough to afford a fleet of inhouse attorneys doesn’t mean you have to forgo holistic legal support. With our fractional “In-House”” Counsel model, over time we get to know the ins and outs of your organization to best meet all of your legal needs. From legal strategy to day-to-day transactional and compliance matters, we have you covered.
Grantmaking
Whether a private foundation, community foundation, corporate giving program, DAF, collaborative fund, or a public charity making its first grant, we’ll help you get more money into the right hands in a compliant and impactful manner.
Governance
Boards and the leaders they oversee and support ultimately determine whether missions thrive or struggle. There is no one size fits all approach to governance and we work with boards to ensure their bylaws, policies, operational frameworks, and risk mitigation strategies are aligned to achieve their organization’s desired impact.
Education
We provide workshops and trainings on a variety of legal topics including fiscal sponsorship, risk management, legal audits, acquiring and spinning out programs, contracting 101, and governance. You decide on the audience and topic, we deliver the training!