Melanie L. Bartlett, Esq., has experience practicing tax law as in-house and outside counsel, Melanie offers her clients a unique well-rounded perspective on both the legal and business operational issues that arise in nonprofit organizations. Her practice focuses on representing nonprofits in a wide array of areas. She has formed and secured tax-exempt status for complex organizations, including charter schools, museums, religious-based entities, educational centers, private foundations, and public charities with various missions. She has represented nonprofit organizations in tax-exempt bond financing transactions, sponsorship agreements, complex grant and subgrant negotiations, and expansions into new mission-driven activities. Boards of directors rely on her to guide them through sensitive, complicated issues regarding financial statements, lobbying compliance, treatment of revenues and expenses, compensation, and disclosure of items on annual returns.

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