Not-for-Profit

Benesch’s Not-for-Profit Team assists not-for-profit and tax-exempt clients in a broad array of matters, ranging from filing for nonprofit status and preparing federal and state tax exemption applications to training in not-for-profit regulatory compliance. Our not-for-profit attorneys are committed to protecting our clients’ assets so that they can continue to drive the missions and goals of their organizations.

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Overview

Not-for-profit attorneys experienced in dispute resolution, taxation, public affairs and nonprofit regulatory compliance

Benesch’s Not-for-Profit Team counsels and represents a wide range of not-for-profit organizations. These organizations contend with a variety of obstacles, from managing not-for-profit regulatory compliance issues to establishing fundraising foundations, navigating IRS and state attorney general oversight and securing public funding sources.

The challenges in the not-for-profit world are plentiful, and our attorneys have the experience to tackle them head on. Benesch’s not-for-profit attorneys are actively involved in lobbying for not-for-profit organizations. In the past, our members have represented the interests of the Ohio Alliance of YMCA’s in a wide range of matters from child care to camping and the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations (OANO) and its member organizations in negotiations over public funds contracting and accountability legislation.

In addition, Benesch’s attorneys are regularly involved in legal not-for-profit issues regarding:

  • State property tax exemptions
  • Licensure and certification
  • Compliance with Medicare and Medicaid
  • Reimbursement and compliance matters
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Dissolutions
  • Restructuring and reorganizations
  • Tax exempt and conventional financing
  • Development and construction

Highly Ranked in Not-for-Profit Law and Charities Law

Benesch received a first-tier ranking in Columbus in the area of not-for-profit/charities law by Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms,” a referral guide of U.S. attorneys that is universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the U.S.

Focus Areas

Not-for-Profit/Corporate
Not-for-Profit/Government Relations
Not-for-Profit/Health Care
Not-for-Profit/Intellectual Property
Not-for-Profit/Labor & Employment
Not-for-Profit/Litigation
Not-for-Profit/Public Finance
Not-for-Profit/Real Estate
Not-for-Profit/Tax

Related Practices

Corporate
Government Relations
Healthcare
Labor & Employment
Litigation
Public Finance
Restructuring & Bankruptcy

Related Industries

Construction
Energy
Real Estate

Experience

Brought breach-of-contract and fraud claims on behalf of disaster-relief charity against program participant whose employees stole Superstorm Sandy relief funds.*

Key Contacts: Paul J. Kremer

Serve on outside counsel team representing nonprofit foundation created to distribute Ohio’s opioid settlement dollars.

Key Contacts: Holly F. Gross

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