Social Enterprise and Mission-Driven Ventures
We advise nonprofits and philanthropic organizations pursuing innovative and entrepreneurial approaches to advancing their missions.
Our work includes nonprofit and for-profit joint ventures; mission-related investments, including program-related and impact investments; earned revenue activities; and the design of hybrid and multi-entity nonprofit and for-profit structures, including benefit corporations.
Experience Includes
Strategy & Structure
- Advising nonprofits on venture-based initiatives that advance mission while managing legal risk
- Structuring and documenting joint venture arrangements with nonprofit and for-profit partners
- Counsel on entrepreneurial and revenue-generating activities within charitable organizations
- Designing mission-aligned investment approaches, including program-related and impact investments
- Evaluating alternative organizational structures to support innovative social enterprise models
Governance, Compliance & Execution
- Guiding boards on fiduciary and compliance considerations related to social enterprise activity
- Advising on integrated nonprofit and for-profit structures and cross-entity governance
- Supporting the formation and operation of affiliated charitable and taxable entities
- Counsel on socially responsible investment practices and mission alignment
- Assisting organizations in balancing commercial activity with tax-exempt requirements