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Nonprofit Structures, Relationships and Transactions
This practice area concentrates on relationships or transactions between nonprofits, and between nonprofits and for-profit entities.
We work with nonprofit entities desiring to affiliate with or already in affiliation with other nonprofit - and sometimes for-profit — entities. Relationships between entities can take several forms, such as parent organizations with subsidiaries, national organizations with regional or local affiliates or chapters, and 501(c)(3) agencies associated with 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations to engage in a wider ranger of activities. Sometimes the organizations share a common name or brand.
We provide advice on:
- A range of legal issues raised by affiliation, including control and liability issues.
- Implementing or improving structural affiliations that are addressed in the governing documents of the entities, including drafting standard templates for affiliates.
- Contractual agreements between affiliated entities, including name licenses.
- Group tax exemptions, in which a parent organization obtains nonprofit tax status from the IRS for all its affiliates.
- Forming new affiliated entities.
Adler & Colvin attorneys assist nonprofits with significant transactions that include:
- Milestones in the life of an entity, such as sales of assets and other asset transfers, mergers, and dissolutions.
- Resource sharing and technical assistance agreements between entities.
