ALG provides quality and affordable legal services for community organizations, charities, religious institutions and schools, and other nonprofits. We provide a number of flat fee and monthly fee arrangements.

In addition, we provide board and staff trainings in person or via webinar on such matters as nonprofit governance, effective decision-making, transparency, accountability, fiscal policies and procedures and other critical nonprofit issues.

For more information on our services, please email info@asbahilaw.com or call (800) 501-3006. You can also visit our blog: NonprofitLegalBlog.com for useful information, tips and developments in nonprofit law.

Formation and Tax-Exempt Status:

• Advice on structure and organization
• 501(c)(3) (or other tax exempt classification) Applications
• Compliance issues

Governance and Operations:

• Advise on better governance policies
• Review and revise dated bylaws
• Board functioning and operations
• Fiduciary duties of the board and officers
• Membership termination procedures
• Corporate policies, including policies on conflicts of interest, investments, endowments, document retention, whistleblower protection, and gift acceptance
• Compliance with open meeting laws
• Drafting board, committee, and member resolutions
• Risk management, including advice on insurance needs, personnel policies, and other internal procedures
• Ethics, charitable sector norms, and the public's expectations of charities
• Conducting a compliance review with laws and best practices, including rating the level of compliance

We also counsel on the following matters:

• Donor issues and Charitable Giving, including the formation of Private Foundations
• Political Action and Lobbying Limitations
• Revenue-generating Activities and the Unrelated Business Income Tax
• Mergers, transfers of assets and joint ventures
• International Charitable Transactions and Operations