Thomas C. Schroeder

Thomas (Tom) Schroeder has spent his entire professional career serving as legal counsel for or working at nonprofit organizations. He brings this unique experience to bear in providing practical and timely advice to and serving as a trusted advisor for organizations facing a complex array of state and federal laws and regulations in order to help them achieve their missions.

Tom’s practice includes advising on: entity choice; formation and dissolution; organizational structures and re-organizations (including subsidiary formation and operation, affiliated organizations, and mergers and acquisitions); tax qualification and compliance; corporate governance (fiduciary duties, conflicts of interest, board policies and practice); executive compensation; and advocacy activities, including campaign intervention and lobbying. Tom has a special interest in innovation activities of charities and educational institutions, including operation of incubators, accelerators and venture fund creation and affiliation(s). Tom also draws upon his significant in-house experience to advise clients on complex charitable giving matters, including private foundation grantmaking and significant gifts to operating charities. Finally, Tom works with clients to navigate charitable trust law and endowment matters, including representing clients before state attorneys general.

Tom also speaks frequently both locally and nationally on nonprofit and tax-exempt organization issues, including those faced by higher education and healthcare institutions.