We assist our clients with a full range of services with respect to the creation of charitable entities and obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service. Our clients include charitable organizations involved in the arts, supplying food and shelter to the needy, social and sports clubs, civic organizations, religious groups, churches, private schools, and educational organizations. Several of our attorneys serve on boards of charitable entities in the Denver metropolitan area.

We represent individual clients and families in establishing private charitable foundations as a means to carry out their specific philanthropic desires. We advise charitable entities regarding their general legal needs, including corporate, trust, real estate, and contract matters.

In addition to representing tax-exempt entities, we serve individuals in planning for gifts to charitable and religious entities through tax-favored forms, such as charitable remainder trusts, lead trusts, charitable annuities, and pooled income funds. This planning is often carried out in connection with maximizing income and estate tax deductions.

Our tax and real estate attorneys assist clients in their land and water conservation efforts, including donation and sale of conservation easements to charitable land trusts and preservation groups to preserve scenic areas, open space and Colorado's agricultural heritage. Conservation easements are often used to enable the family farm or ranch to be passed to heirs with reduced estate tax consequences.

Foundations and Non-Profit Corporations Attorneys:

Bruce A. Fowler

Michael H. Smith Debra A. Porter

John A. Eckstein Teresa C. Baird