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Nonprofit Snapshots
Below is a brief selection of the various work we do for nonprofits.
Ainiti OUR WORK OFFICES about the organization
Katten attorneys are assisting this Los Angeles Ainiti’s mission is educating and
organization in its early stages with empowering underprivileged girls
corporate organizational matters and by supporting local organizations in
its application for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt geographic areas where the need is
status. the greatest.
Design Katten attorneys regularly advise on London The Design Museum is an English-
Museum corporate governance; contractual registered charity that features
arrangements for artists, venue hire and product, industrial, graphic, fashion
exhibition agreements; employment and architectural design.
litigation relating to contractual disputes;
and real estate development.
Gardeneers We oversaw Gardeneers’ application to Chicago Gardeneers’ mission is to work
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for together with communities to
501(c)(3) tax-exempt status in order to be empower students to connect with
recognized as a nonprofit entity, which healthy food through experiential,
permits the organization to forgo tax garden-based learning. The
payments and allows it to raise funds that organization’s vision is that all
are considered charitable donations. We children, regardless of race, class,
also reviewed Gardeneers’ governing or geography, will understand the
documents, including their bylaws, and significance of healthy food in the
continue to provide ongoing counsel on betterment of their lives.
various matters, including employment.
Greater Katten serves as corporate counsel to Chicago GCI is a comprehensive community
Chatham GCI, handling initial organizational development enterprise promoting
Initiative matters and overseeing GCI’s application 21st century economic growth in the
for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. predominantly African-American
(GCI) communities of Chatham, Auburn
Gresham, Greater Grand Crossing and
Avalon Park in the Chicagoland area.
ImpactAssets Our attorneys represented ImpactAssets Charlotte ImpactAssets manages a donor-
in a financing transaction aimed at advised fund that makes investments
supporting grower cooperatives and New York across asset classes. Its mission is to
provide products and leadership that
agricultural enterprises that help Washington, enable philanthropists, other asset
owners and their wealth advisors to
smallholder farmers and promote rural DC make investments with positive social,
environmental and financial returns.
livelihoods around the world.
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