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Carlton Fields’ Nonprofit Organizations Team represents nonprofit, philanthropic, and tax-exempt organizations throughout the U.S. We provide experienced legal representation and practical advice on matters relating to:
- IRC Section 501(c) corporate governance issues
- State nonprofit law updates
- Tax-exemption
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Financing arrangements
- Contracts with technical, financial, and other vendors
- Day-to-day operational contracts and agreements
- Nonprofit and for-profit relationships
- Charitable contributions, trusts, and endowments
- Intellectual property contract evaluations and litigation
- Employment contracts
- Benefit and compensation plans
- Personnel matters
- Governmental regulation, rulemaking, and compliance
- Contractual relationships with state and local government and community-based organizations
- Wealth planning (for family owned foundations)
- Real estate transactions, construction projects, and permitting
Cooperative Venture
We help non-profit organizations report to the public/government, obtain and maintain their tax exempt status, and manage their contractual relationships. We view our role as corporate and tax counsel to be a cooperative venture with your organization’s board members and management. We work together to identify issues and resolve them in a manner consistent with your organization’s concerns and goals.
Commitment to Client Goals
As an additional benefit for our nonprofit clients, our government law team identifies, tracks, analyzes, and summarizes legislative proposals and political and policy considerations, assessing their impact on nonprofit client operations. They also assist in drafting legislation and amendments to legislation, help pass or defeat legislative proposals, and use their extensive political relationships for clients’ benefit.
Many of our attorneys currently hold leadership roles in nonprofit organizations, and have extensive experience providing nonprofits with insight and direct access to the most current information about strategies, changing laws, and other issues of relevance.
Select Representative Matters
- Currently representing Miami-Dade County’s official economic development partnership in all legal matters.
- Structured the merger of nationally recognized tax-exempt public charities.
- Represented charter schools throughout Florida in obtaining federal tax exempt status.
- Represented blood banks in challenge of rules relating to tax exempt status.
- Negotiated & drafted employment & intellectual property contracts between nonprofit organizations and for profit companies.
- Represented health care organizations in administrative and government matters.
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