Washington, DC Law Firm Represents Charities and Foundations
Seasoned attorneys help you help others
Douglas & Boykin PLLC serves as general and special counsel for charities, foundations and other tax-exempt organizations. The firm defends churches, charter schools, and other nonprofits in premises liability, personal injury, and employment lawsuits. Not-for-profits also routinely call on the firm to handle governance disputes and transactional matters involving real estate purchases, investments, and pension plans. Douglas & Boykin has the resources and experience to resolve whatever legal issues your charity or foundation faces.
Comprehensive legal services for charitable foundations
The attorneys at Douglas & Boykin draw upon extensive experience in providing counsel to not-for-profit foundations. The firm offers advice in a wide range of areas, including:
- Grant-making procedures
- Donation agreements
- Relations with major donors
- Investment policies
- “Direct exempt expenditure” regulations
- Expenditure responsibility requirements
- Program-related investments
- Social investments
- Grants to individuals
- Long-term capital projects
Firm handles complex transactions for charities
Virtually every transaction a charitable organization is involved in is governed by tax and not-for-profit regulations. The attorneys at Douglas & Boykin combine their business law knowledge
with their nonprofit experience to ensure that organizations avoid compliance problems. The transactional work the firm performs for foundations and charities includes:
- Conversion of for-profits to nonprofits
- Conversion of nonprofits to for-profits
- Creation of for-profit subsidiaries
- Joint ventures with for-profit businesses
- Corporate sponsorships
- Asset sales
- Mergers
- Transactions with supporting organizations
- Arrangement of strategic alliances
- Identification of impermissible lobbying
- Identification of impermissible campaign activities
Contact the charities and foundations attorneys at Douglas & Boykin
Douglas & Boykin PLLC provides transactional assistance to foundations and charitable organizations. Contact the firm at (202) 775-0370 or online. The firm’s office is near Metro stops at Farragut North, Dupont Circle (Red Line), and Farragut West (Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines) in Washington, DC. Douglas & Boykin serves the District of Columbia metropolitan area, which includes Northern Virginia and Maryland.
