Florida is a hub for many local, national and international nonprofit organizations. Our Nonprofit Team is experienced in working with all types of exempt organizations enabling us to assist with legal, business and governance issues.
Counseling Changemakers
The nonprofit and tax exempt sector is a core component of our nation’s and Florida’s innovation economy. Our Nonprofit Team is experienced guiding organizations of all sizes and types through the maze of legal and compliance issues affecting the sector, so that our clients maintain their focus on furthering their organization’s mission and purpose. We represent public charities, private foundations (operating and non-operating), philanthropists, social clubs, business leagues, associations and more.
Empowering Innovation
Our holistic and pragmatic approach to providing legal counsel to exempt organizations ensures peace of mind to your board of directors, donors and management. Whether you require outside general counsel services, need guidance through critical legal issues or a crisis, or require counseling through the risks and opportunities driven by substantive organizational change or a new venture, we are experienced in the specific issues affecting non-profits. Our Nonprofit Team can assist with a broad range of governance and other matters such as business and donor agreements, reviewing commercial co-venture agreements, joints ventures and strategic partnerships, nonprofit mergers, bond financing and other complex transactions. We tailor our work to your needs, and we strive for efficiency and effectiveness.
Stronger Nonprofit Sector, Stronger Community
We believe our community is stronger when nonprofits are empowered to move forward through a proper legal and governance framework. With the proper professional advisors your organization can reach new heights, explore fresh opportunities and meet each challenge.
Involves
- Nonprofit Formation
- Application for Tax-exemption
- Board Duties and Governance
- Bond Financing
- Bylaws and Policy Creation and Review
- Commercial Co-Venture Agreements
- Conflict of Interest Policies, Management and Counsel
- Crisis Management
- Dissolution
- Donation/Pledge Agreements
- Exempt Law Compliance
- Expenditure Responsibility
- Fiscal Agent
- Formation
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Mergers, Consolidations and Acquisitions
- Outside General Counsel
- Policies and Procedures
- Private Foundation Rules
- Related and Unrelated Business Activities
- Social Enterprise
- Structural Considerations
- Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures
- Supporting Organization Formation
- Social Enterprise
- Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures
Articles
Myths about starting a Non-Profit or Charity
More Myths about starting a Non-Profit or Charity
Exercising Good Board Governance in a Time of Crisis
Sun-Sentinel Article: Wanted: A Few Good Board Members for Nonprofits
Meet our Practice Leader
Phil DiComo serves as counsel to businesses, entrepreneurs and non-profit institutions. He concentrates his practice in the area of emerging companies and general corporate law, including non-profit and tax-exempt organizations. Mr. DiComo’ s representation of exempt organizations ranges from serving as outside general counsel and providing guidance on a broad range of governance matters, to joint ventures and strategic partnerships, to guiding non-profit mergers and other complex transactions. Prior to his law practice, Mr. DiComo had more than 15 years of communication, fund development and executive management experience primarily in the not-for-profit sector. Mr. DiComo, a member of the Florida Bar, serves as a director of Nonprofits First, Inc., and as a director of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council. He also serves on the American Bar Association Business Law Section’ s Non-Profit Law Committee. Mr. DiComo earned the Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy designation from the Richard D. Irwin Graduate School of the American College. Mr. DiComo is the recipient of the 2004 Non-Profit Law Award from the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, and is a member of the Leadership Palm Beach County Class of 2012. Mr. DiComo often speaks and presents at educational programs for the non-profit sector.
