Nonprofit Legal Advisor
True North Legal Group is deeply invested in the success of Northern Michigan, and we recognize the tremendously important work that nonprofit organizations do in the region. For new and growing nonprofits, we offer a "Nonprofit Legal Advisor" program aimed at promoting your success and safeguarding your mission.
Our unique “Nonprofit Legal Advisor” program is subscription-based, providing nonprofit leaders with certainty as to their legal fees and giving the team at True North Legal Group a true feeling that we are your “general counsel.” This model allows us to offer legal services to growing nonprofits at a fraction of the cost of other lawyers who charge by the hour.
Our nonprofit clients rave about this model. It allows True North Legal Group to be your "fractional general counsel," providing custom-sized legal services at an affordable price. With a set monthly fee, your nonprofit can accurately budget for professional services while also relying on our ongoing legal advice to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws. We truly see this as an opportunity for your organization to add our law firm as a part of your senior management team, freeing you up to focus on mission and operations instead of worrying about compliance and legal matters.
Under our "Nonprofit Legal Advisor" model, we offer the following services as part of your monthly subscription:
- Unlimited and timely attorney consultations regarding nonprofit issues
- Quarterly legal “checkups” between nonprofit leadership and an attorney
- Unlimited review of incorporating documents, articles, and bylaws
- Unlimited review of employment contracts and employee handbooks
- Unlimited review of operating, confidentiality, and non-disclosure documents
- Evaluation of fundraising plans, planned giving strategies, and legal agreements
- Deadline tracking and completion of compliance filing and reports
- As-needed legal training for Board of Directors, Executive Team, and Staff
We also offer grant review, lease review, trademark application and maintenance, insurance claim handling, demand notice handling, and financial audit consultation services on an as-needed basis for our subscribing nonprofits at an additional cost. We are happy to discuss those details with you before you hire True North Legal Group as your Nonprofit Legal Advisor.