Corporate Representation and Governance

Our clients benefit from our extensive experience with the formation and dissolution of tax-exempt organizations.  Throughout the years, many well known national and regional institutions as well as family entities have retained Hemenway & Barnes to serve as general counsel and special counsel.  These institutions have also sought our counsel on board governance, board training and strategic planning.

Private foundations rely on Hemenway & Barnes to assist with various aspects of foundation management and practice incuding...

• Grantmaking
• Tax reporting
• Investment management including program -related investments
• Grant monitoring
• Trustee education and communication

Our nonprofit expertise also includes contract work and issues such as unrelated business income, private inurement, private benefit, self-dealing, conflicts of interest and joint ventures.

Representative Experience

• An operating charity engaged us to structure sponsorship arrangements and partnerships with for-profit companies enabling the charity to raise millions of dollars in new revenue without jeapordizing its tax-exempt status.