Nonprofit Organizations

Our lawyers are trusted counselors to tax exempt nonprofit leaders who are deeply committed to creating meaningful impact in our society and promoting social welfare. We provide comprehensive business and legal solutions that are rooted in our lawyers’ own involvement in leading nonprofits and our strong ties to our communities. Whether you’re cultivating our arts ecosystem, educating the next generation, or driving economic growth, we understand your work, your needs, and your organization’s mission.

Our deep government experience gives us a special perspective and comprehensive understanding of its inner workings, laws, and practices that allows us to provide you with a strategic advantage. We know how to navigate through the maze of bureaucratic rules, regulations, and time delays that often stand in the way of successful private-public interactions. Our established relationships with elected officials and their staff, built on trust and ethical conduct, enable us to advocate for our clients’ interests effectively.

We have extensive experience counseling nonprofits, social welfare organizations, arts organizations, and public charities on compliance, contracts and agreements, governance, policies and procedures, and corporate and transactional work, as well as internal and external organizational employment matters. We also have experience assisting not-for-profits with maintaining awareness of ethical standards and appearance of fairness standards, and counsel on avoiding potential conflicts of interest, prohibited transactions, and the appearance of prohibited transactions. Our attorneys also appear before courts and administrative agencies to represent not-for-profit interests and prepare written legal opinions on behalf of the not-for-profit and its board of directors. 

We work collaboratively with nonprofits’ executive staff and board leadership to identify strategic needs and anticipate their distinct legal requirements, ensuring sustainable development and effective risk management. These unique challenges and benchmarks may include, but are not limited to:

• Corporate Governance
• Nonprofit Formation and Dissolution
• Review of Bylaws and Policies
• Intellectual Property Protection
• Management of Government Affairs
• Risk Management for Board Leadership
• Vendor Contract Review
• Nonprofit Compliance
• Grant Writing and Fundraising

Our clients include notable nonprofit organizations, industry advocacy organizations (501c6s), business improvement districts (BID’s), and arts and sports organizations such as the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Miami Children’s Museum, Temple Beth El of Boca Raton, the Children’s Services Council of Broward County, Perez Art Museum, youngARTS Foundation, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Armour Dance Theater, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA North Miami), Baptist Health Systems, FIU Athletics, Gulliver Schools, Florida Memorial University, Jamaica Tourist Board, Casa Familia, Miami Broward Carnival Host Committee, O Cinema, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, and the Business Improvement District of Coral Gables.