Practice Areas & Industries: Crowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Crowe & Dunlevy has significant experience in the area of non-profit practice, representing various educational, healthcare and charitable non-profit organizations.

Services Available

The Firm's practice involves all aspects of non-profit organizations, including:

• Entity formation for non-profit corporations, charitable trusts and numerous supporting entities, and joint venture interests with taxable for profit co-owners
• Overall governance of the non-profit organization for public or private foundation status, and maintenance of charitable exempt purposes in joint ventures with taxable for profit co-owners
• Taxation issues such as recognition as exempt under the Internal Revenue Code from income taxes, avoidance of Internal Revenue Code excise taxes, and exemption from numerous state and local ad valorem and sales/uses taxes
• Fiduciary responsibilities for controlling persons of nonprofit organizations
• Business league and trade association non-profit entity issues
• Management, risk analysis and employment matters

Types of charitable non-profit entities represented include public trusts, educational institutions, all levels of healthcare providers, community foundations and private foundations.