1601 Law Group focuses on nonprofit organizations, tax-exempt organizations, and the donors who fund them.

Our clients include nonprofits, charities, foundations, trade associations, social clubs, social welfare organizations, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers. Our charity and foundation clients focus on issues like education, reducing poverty, research, eliminating prejudice and discrimination, religious work, arts, youth programs, sports, animal welfare, economic equity, and more. Other clients focus on social and recreational activities, business, social welfare, and title holding. 

We also work with individual donors making charitable gifts or forming and funding new organizations.

We serve clients throughout California and advise out of state and international clients on federal tax matters related to the tax-exempt sector.

Transactions, Tax, & Compliance

  • Mergers

  • Dissolutions

  • Resource Sharing

  • Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders

  • Governance and Policies

  • Trade Associations, Social Welfare Organizations, Social Clubs, and Other

  • Revenue Generating Activities and UBIT

  • Public Support Test Analysis

  • Form 990 and 990-PF Review

  • Annual Filings

  • Property Tax

  • Compliance with Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Rules

Giving & Fundraising

  • Gift Agreements

  • Pledge Agreements

  • Endowment Agreements

  • Donor Advised Funds and Supporting Organizations

  • Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA)

  • Planned Giving

  • Crowdfunding

  • Appraisal Requirements

  • Tax Aspects of Charitable Giving

Charitable Programs & Activities

  • Impact Investing

  • Program Related Investments

  • Grantmaking and Expenditure Responsibility

  • International Activities

  • Equivalency Determinations

  • Private Foundation Qualifying Distributions, Set Asides, Out of Corpus

  • Fiscal Sponsorship

  • Lobbying and Influencing Legislation

  • Charitability Analysis of Planned Programs