Your Nonprofit Legal Partner

Yes. When we develop a work plan we will set the minimum months of commitment required to complete the work plan. We will do the work laid out in your program work plan and we believe we can finish the work with you in that minimum commitment window. That is the starting point. Frequently we find that clients have a need to expand that timeline. That could be because they have a lot of questions or require additional meetings with us, or they may identify additional work that is now needed. When you just need more time to complete your side of things or you want to add to the plan, it’s no problem, our service will continue monthly at the program rate for as long as needed. We work with a limited number of clients, and we are happy for you to hold that seat as long as you need it.

All-inclusive means that we will never charge you for anything beyond your monthly member dues and filing fees (attorney ethics rules force us to charge those separately). Of course, we can’t do everything you might need – we’re not superheroes ???? Your membership includes the work plan we customize for you up front, and if you want to continue beyond that, we can do any other work for you that’s within our practice area – core nonprofit legal services & coaching. When we add more work to the work plan, we’ll extend your minimum months of commitment. If you need litigation support, we’ll refer you to counsel. If you need an accountant, bookkeeper, employment lawyer, trademark attorney, or something else, we can get you a referral to another trusted professional.

Members log into our website and navigate to Resources. You’ll find all kinds of education and materials for you. To generate a customized document, just click the button to launch the app. Get what you need, customized for you, 24/7, at no additional cost – no need to wait for us to email you.

We have a library of apps which generate documents for you – forms and policies etc. These are customized to your needs as you answer questions in the app. At the end of the questionnaire, you get a customized document. These documents are forms, policies or contracts that our clients commonly need. They are drafted by lawyers for general use with nonprofits in mind. Apps deliver a MS Word document which you can edit further if you want to (at your own risk if you don’t ask us for advice).

Examples of documents you can generate with the apps include: memorandum of understanding, employee cost share agreements, grievance policies, conflict of interest policies, board meeting minutes & agendas, participant waivers, photo releases, independent contractor agreements, one time use facility rental agreements, extended term space or facility rental agreements, gift acceptance policies, grant awards or subawards, confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements, community garden agreements, board resolutions, etc.

No problem, we’re happy to help! Simply reach out and let us know, and we’ll make some tweaks or, if you need it, scope out a project to work on together and extend your minimum monthly membership commitment by one month.

We focus on a nonprofit practice area, so we can help with things like custom / reusable agreements for your programs, legal opinions or research memos, mergers, dissolution, lease review, document review, contract negotiation, application for sales tax exemption, bylaws revision, amended articles of incorporation, property tax exemption application, etc. If you think you need it, and it’s “in our lane” we will create a scope of work and if you agree to the work, we will extend your minimum monthly membership commitment by the amount required for the work.

No. Memberships renew each month automatically. When you sign up, you agree to a minimum time commitment to ensure we can finish all identified work during your membership, but you are always welcome to take longer than the minimum or stay on as long as you’d like for additional project work, coaching, and support.