Non-Profit Organizations

At Doster Guin our attorneys have extensive experience representing local, regional and national non-profit organizations, including educational institutions, charitable institutions, religious organizations, trade organizations, and providers of emergency and low-income housing.

In order to help these organizations function efficiently and effectively within the framework of non-profit law, our lawyers, assist not-for-profits with advice on and representation in a wide variety of matters:

• Establishing and maintaining tax-exempt status
• Working with donors, including establishment of charitable remainder trusts and other gifting instruments
• Tax and regulatory issues unique to non-profit organizations
• Regulatory compliance
• Real estate transactions, including conservation easements
• Corporate law, including incorporation, nonprofit governance, drafting nonprofit bylaws, mergers
• Defense of directors and officers
• Handling charitable donations while preserving tax-exempt status
• Intellectual property issues, including service marks, trademarks, and copyrights

If you would like to speak with one of our non-profit lawyers, or have any other question about our practice, please e-mail us or call our St. Louis/Chesterfield office (636.532.0042), our Collinsville, Illinois office (618.301.4060) or our Kansas City, Missouri, office 816.531.1888, to arrange a consultation with an attorney with the appropriate experience.