In The Media

TLG Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum was quoted in the May 20, 2022 issue of New York Magazine in the Magazine’s continuing coverage of the Black Lives Matter national organization: “The extent that the house was used for the personal benefit of those who run the organization raises significant additional legal and tax concerns,” said Jeffrey Tenenbaum, a nonprofit lawyer in Washington, D.C., with nearly three decades of experience. According to 990, Cullors reimbursed the organization $390 for her use of the house. Considering the cost of the property and what would be considered a fair market value for its use, Tenenbaum said, “That only $390 was paid back to the organization for the use of the house for personal benefits seems fairly egregious on its face.” He was also bothered that Cullors served as BLMGNF’s sole board member for the fiscal year. Such an arrangement is permissible under Delaware corporate law, where the organization is incorporated, he said, but it remains “a big red flag to me from an IRS perspective.”

The Colorado Society of Association Executives’ Executive Edge Magazine publishes TLG Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum’s article, “Model Liability Waiver for Association Event Attendees.”

TLG Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum was quoted in the April 15, 2022 issue of CEO Update: “How would the Stop WOKE Act affect associations as employers? Jeffrey Tenenbaum, managing partner at Tenenbaum Law Group, said the law does not seem to force associations to modify their hiring, management or training practices, but the law is vague. ‘Whether or not Florida-based associations’ hiring, management and training practices could be deemed to violate the law may come down to a matter of perception,’ he said in an email. ‘Certain employees/attendees/certificants who are looking for a fight are likely going to believe that the hiring, management and training practices violated one of the outlined principles and seek to litigate when the practices perhaps never, in fact, did so.’ Whether or not such practices actually run afoul of the Florida law, the enhanced risk of private litigation and regulatory enforcement ‘will likely have the effect of affecting certain hiring, management and training practices of associations,’ Tenenbaum said.”

CEO Update

The Tenenbaum Law Group (TLG) is pleased to announce the addition of Counsel Susan Hamsher to the firm. Resident in the firm’s Washington, DC office, Susan is an attorney with significant experience providing a broad range of legal advice to nonprofit organizations in private practice and in-house at The Nature Conservancy, one of the world’s largest charities. She excels at incorporating complex legal requirements into effective and practical solutions to advance the strategic business objectives of her clients. Susan brings 13 years of law practice to TLG, where she will help to service the firm’s client base of over 500 nonprofit organizations, as well as companies and executives that work with or provide services to nonprofits. Founded on January 1, 2020 by Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum and Partner Nisha Thakker – and now with four attorneys, including Counsels Julie Kulovits and Susan Hamsher – TLG is a nationally recognized, Washington, DC-based boutique law firm focused exclusively on the nonprofit sector, with clients across the United States.

TLG Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum was quoted in the January 31, 2022 issue of New York Magazine in an article that explores the “murky finances of Black Lives Matter”: ”I described the activity to Jeffrey Tenenbaum, a nonprofit lawyer in Washington, D.C., with nearly three decades of experience. ‘The transactions at issue certainly raise eyebrows and potential red flags,’ he said, cautioning that he was offering a general assessment of the law in this area and hadn’t reviewed the details of the transactions. He said they could run afoul of state and federal prohibitions on self-dealing and transactions among related parties.”

TLG Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum was quoted extensively in a Defense Daily article about the legality of vaccine mandates at association conferences, including an upcoming March 2022 Air Force Association conference in Orlando, Florida. The Air Force Association is a client of TLG’s.

The Michigan Society of Association Executives’ The Update published TLG Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum’s new article, “Unrelated Business Income Tax: A Comprehensive Overview for Nonprofits,” in its January 20, 2022 edition.

The Tenenbaum Law Group (TLG) is pleased to announce the promotion of Nisha Thakker to Partner, effective January 1, 2022. A co-founder of the firm two years ago with Managing Partner Jeff Tenenbaum, Nisha has been an integral part of TLG since its inception and is an extremely accomplished nonprofit attorney on whom so many of the firm’s clients rely for regular legal advice and counsel. Founded on January 1, 2020 by Jeff and Nisha, TLG is a nationally recognized, Washington, DC-based, three-attorney boutique law firm focused exclusively on the nonprofit sector, with approximately 500 clients across the United States. The firm’s client base is composed principally of nonprofit organizations – such as trade and professional associations, charities, international NGOs, arts and cultural institutions, think tanks, health care entities, foundations, and the like – as well as select companies and executives that work with or provide services to nonprofits.