For organizations
Preventive legal care, not emergency response
If your organization carries more legal need than legal budget, we're building this for you. We're inviting a founding group of grassroots organizations to begin with a Legal Health Assessment and grow with us.
Who we serve
- · Historically underserved communities
- · Faith-based & community groups
- · Mutual-aid networks & cooperatives
- · Grassroots organizations
- · Small community nonprofits
Areas of nonprofit practice
The everyday legal questions that determine whether a mission-driven organization can do its work.
Formation & governance
Incorporation, 501(c)(3) status, bylaws, and board structure.
Contracts & agreements
MOUs, vendor and grant agreements, leases, and partnership terms.
Fundraising & charitable solicitation
Solicitation compliance and state charitable-registration requirements.
Bequest administration
Helping organizations accept and administer gifts made by donors through wills, trusts, or other planning instruments.
Compliance & risk
Advising clients on how to build strong legal and compliance structures — from federal grant compliance to endowment management and more.
Philanthropic legacy
Planned-giving and legacy structures that let donors give over time.
From a checkup to a lasting partnership
- I
Legal Health Assessment
We begin with a structured checkup of your organization's legal health — the one tool already in use today.The Legal Health Assessment is general information, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship.
- II
Prioritize together
We map what's urgent, what's preventable, and where counsel will matter most for your mission.
- III
Supervised legal support
Trainees do the work under experienced supervising attorneys — care delivered and skills built in the same motion.
- IV
Ongoing partnership
We aim to stay with founding partners over time, so problems are prevented rather than survived.
Ready to begin?
Scan the code or open the form to request assistance from the Institute. We'll follow up to schedule your Legal Health Assessment.
