Nonprofit organizations and the donors who support them have unique legal needs ranging from tax and governance compliance requirements to concerns regarding institutional advancement, employee/volunteer relations and land use matters. They need legal advisors who understand their organizations and goals and possess the broad range of legal expertise to help realize those goals. The attorneys in the Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley ("FAB") Nonprofit Practice Group have that understanding and expertise. Since 1883, the firm has formed and advised nonprofit organizations, including community and family foundations, and helped donors give life to their convictions.
Since 1883, Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP has been committed to giving back to the Bay Area community through its participation in and provision of pro bono legal services to a variety of nonprofit organizations. Our attorneys have participated on boards of directors of nonprofit organizations including the Alta Bates/Summit Foundation, the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Oakland Elizabeth House, Andre House, Boalt Hall Alumni, the Fred Finch Youth Center, Volunteers of America Bay Area and Community Vocational Enterprises.
What FAB's Nonprofit Practice Group Can Do For You
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Philanthropic donors and investors need sound counsel when structuring gifts to ensure that their charitable giving objectives are met while, at the same time, they obtain the tax benefits that derive from such giving. FAB's Nonprofit Practice Group helps donors form and administer planned giving vehicles including charitable lead and remainder trusts, gift annuities and bargain sales.
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Nonprofit organizations, both
publicly and privately supported, have specialized legal needs because
of their business structure and tax status. They need attorneys who
understand their business and can assist with the preparation of
exemption applications as well as reporting forms. They need counselors
who can recognize and provide advice regarding organizational
governance, self-dealing, excess business holdings, disqualified
persons, jeopardy investments and taxable expenditures. The attorneys
in FAB's Nonprofit Group deal with these unique nonprofit concerns on a
regular basis. They also assist nonprofit clients with the day-to-day
operational matters that arise from their roles as employers, owners or
lessees of real estate, parties to contracts and holders of
intellectual property rights.
