Jeffrey M. Hurwit is founder of the law firm Hurwit & Associates, which provides comprehensive legal counsel to tax-exempt organizations and charitable donors. His clients include educational, human service, health, environmental, arts, advocacy, and professional organizations as well as corporate, family, and independent foundations throughout the U.S. and abroad.Jeff is a member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, the statewide organization dedicated to representing the interests of nonprofit organizations and to strengthening the nonprofit sector throughout Massachusetts. He was the recipient of the American Bar Association's Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Award for 2005 and was Chairman of the Nonprofit Organization Committee of the Massachusetts Bar Association.In addition to providing extensive corporate, tax, and trust advice to nonprofit clients, Jeff focuses on a number of sub-specialties including: nonprofit governance and organizational design; nonprofit affiliations, partnerships, and mergers; emerging business models for achieving social impact (such as benefit corporations, program related investments, and donor advised funds); risk assessment and liability protection; and, with special emphasis on the foundation sector, endowment stewardship, grant award agreements, and international philanthropy.The common thread to successfully representing a diversity of clients, Jeff believes, is understanding each client's needs and interests not only from a legal viewpoint but also from within a broader business context. "Having worked on staff in a large nonprofit organization, in state government as a nonprofit regulatory official, and in private practice representing nonprofits for twenty-five years," Jeff says, "I seek to understand internal and external opportunities and constraints affecting client organizations and work with clients to develop legal solutions supporting their strategies and goals."
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