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Nonprofit & Social Enterprise

We are intimately familiar with and sensitive to the unique and often complex corporate, tax and financial issues faced by nonprofit organizations and the unique mission-driven outlook that is fundamental to social enterprises, nonprofits, social impact investors, hybrid nonprofit/for-profit organizations and donors.   

Our clients include scientific research institutes, educational institutions, private foundations, family offices, trade associations, healthcare providers, health insurance companies, environmental organizations, animal advocacy organizations, social justice organizations, affordable housing developers, museums and arts institutions, pension funds and other nonprofit organizations.

Our Services

Our multidisciplinary team handles a wide range of legal needs for tax-exempt, nonprofit and social enterprise clients of all sizes, including corporate, commercial, litigation, tax, intellectual property (IP), employment, environmental, data privacy and security, finance and real estate.

We assist our clients in obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status, and provide advice on engaging in commercial activity, organizing for-profit operations, spinning out IP to be developed and commercialized, joint ventures with for-profit businesses, unrelated business taxable income and tax-exempt financing. We also represent tax-exempt clients in audits by the Internal Revenue Service and state and local taxing authorities, and advise them on state and local charitable registration and reporting requirements and compliance issues.

Our team has substantial experience in a wide variety of cutting-edge social enterprise, social impact and venture philanthropy structures, new hybrid LLC/foundation models, program-related investments (PRIs), mission-related investments (MRIs), technology transfer from nonprofit institutions to startup ventures, and government relations.

Our litigation team brings broad experience to the representation of tax-exempt clients who face a variety of legal challenges, from employment issues to intellectual property disputes to corporate governance challenges. In addition, we represent exempt clients in advocacy litigation, helping them to bring actions as plaintiffs to advance their missions, whether it be protecting the environment, assisting immigrants, or ensuring that state and local governments operate within the boundaries of the law.

Our attorneys have extensive experience advising exempt organizations on all aspects of development and planned giving, including the preparation of gift acceptance, endowment and conflict of interest policies. Our attorneys also represent charitable organizations with respect to the receipt and structuring of significant gifts, including charitable remainder, charitable lead trusts and gifts of real property.

For clients interested in a comprehensive and cost-effective assessment of their structure, assets and operations for purposes of identifying and managing risk to further their mission and maximize impact, we offer a “Nonprofit Health Checkup.” The checkup is designed to empower nonprofits to understand and prioritize risk-management tasks across the organization, and in many cases, we can offer this service on a very affordable flat-fee basis.

Contacts

  • Jenifer A. Jewkes
    D.206.223.7090
    jewkesj@lanepowell.com
  • Jamie R. Lanier
    D.206.223.7716
    lanierj@lanepowell.com

Related Practices & Industries

  • Corporate, Securities, and M&A
  • Government Law
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Experience

  • HealthLink Formation of Legacy Health System With Good Samaritan Corporation
    Advised HealthLink and its affiliates in a combination transaction with Good Samaritan Corporation, resulting in the formation of Legacy Health System.
  • New Avenues for Youth Joint Venture to Build and Operate the Dorothy Lemelson House & New Meadows Program
    Advised New Avenues for Youth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention and intervention of youth homelessness, on a joint venture to build and operate the Dorothy Lemelson House & New Meadows Program.

Our Insights

  • August 16, 2022Publication
    Washington Nonprofit Handbook: How to Form and Maintain a Nonprofit Corporation in Washington State
    Communities Rise
  • January 1, 2020News
    Lane Powell Elects New Shareholders in Portland and Seattle
    Firm Announcement
  • August 21, 2019News
    Manlove Joins Business Department
    Firm Announcement
  • May 28, 2019Event / CLE
    SOLD OUT Nonprofit & Social Enterprise Seminar: New Ways of Doing Good
    Lane Powell Seminar | Seattle
  • May 15, 2019News
    Wolfstone Elected to Portland Japanese Garden’s Board of Trustees
    Awards & Honors
  • February 14-15, 2019Event / CLE
    Practical & Inspired Planned Giving Seminar
    Lane Powell and del Prado Philanthropy | Seattle
  • September 27, 2018Event / CLE
    How NOT to Run a Foundation: Lessons From the Trump Foundation Lawsuit
    Northwest Planned Giving Roundtable Annual Conference | Portland, Oregon
  • August 31, 2018News
    Lanier Authors Chapter in Wayfind Legal Nonprofit Handbook
    In the News
  • August 15, 2018News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 Recognizes 62 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • February 8-9 2018Event / CLE
    Practical & Inspired Planned Giving Seminar
    Lane Powell and del Prado Philanthropy | Seattle
  • February 6, 2018News
    Silvey Elected to Multnomah Athletic Club Board of Trustees
    Awards & Honors
  • December 21, 2016Publication
    Merging Wisely: Best Practices for Structuring Successful Nonprofit Mergers
    NWLawyer
  • November 2, 2016Publication
    Private Foundations: Taking Them Beyond Checkbook Philanthropy
    Seattle Business Magazine
  • December 30, 2014News
    Lane Powell Announces New Shareholder MacLeod
  • October 22, 2014News
    French and Poplawski Author Chapters in Oregon Statutory Time Limitations Legal Guide
  • October 2, 2014Event / CLE
    Oregon Benefit Companies: Merging Profit and Public Benefit CLE
    Multnomah State Bar | Portland, Oregon
  • August 2014Publication
    Residential Trust Deeds and Mortgages; Foreclosure
    Oregon State Bar’s Oregon Statutory Time Limitations Guide

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