Nonprofit Organizations
We represent over 50 nonprofit organizations, which range from publicly supported service organizations to sports groups to family foundations. Some nonprofit clients (e.g., a group providing services for developmentally disabled adults) are essentially businesses conducted in nonprofit form; others, particularly private foundations, are estate planning vehicles for high-net-worth clients. This practice is therefore closely related to both the business and estate planning practices described above.

J. Christopher Toews has an extensive background in nonprofit organization law. He reviewed the private foundation provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1969 while an associate at the firm of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine firm (New York) and advised various national public and private nonprofits on behalf of that firm. He was a member of the California State Bar’s Business Law Section, Nonprofit Organizations Committee for several years and chaired the committee for its 1993-94 year. Also, he is former President of Ad Care Inc. (now Lifespan Services Network, Inc.), a private nonprofit group providing various senior services in San Luis Obispo County, California and has served on various nonprofit boards and committees.