Thomas J. Schenkelberg is chair of the firm’s Nonprofit Organizations practice group. Drawing on his experience as both an attorney and a certified public accountant, Mr. Schenkelberg’s practice specializes in the areas of tax, nonprofit and health care law.
Clients include national hospital systems, research organizations, private foundations, colleges, universities, associations, social welfare organizations, PACs and governmental entities.
Clients turn to Mr. Schenkelberg for qualification for tax exemption, joint ventures of nonprofit and for profit entities, nonprofit governance issues, compliance with private foundation rules, unrelated business income planning, fundraising programs, for profit subsidiary planning, public charity qualification and the use of supporting organizations. His practice also involves planning for integrated delivery systems, joint ventures, medical service organizations, planning to avoid private inurement/intermediate sanctions and structuring mergers and acquisitions. He is a frequent writer and speaker on nonprofit law topics. Three of his many publications include co-authoring of the Tax Management Portfolio’s “Private Foundations – Distributions (Sec. 4942)” published by the Bureau of National Affairs, co-author of "The New Form 990: Law and Policy Preparation" and co-author of "Nonprofit Law for Colleges and Universities Essential Questions and Answers for Officers, Directors and Advisors" to be published in the summer of 2011.