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
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