As federally-funded nonprofits scramble to review their DEI initiatives impacting those who receive their services, all nonprofits – regardless of funding sources – need to also review their employment related DEI programs. Elizabeth O. Manchester, Chair of Partridge Snow & Hahn’s Nonprofit & Tax Exempt Practice Group, and Alicia J. Samolis, Chair of Partridge Snow...
By Elizabeth O. Manchester, James P. McGlone, and Kelley J. O’Donnell In a decision on Friday, March 14, 2025, a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay pending appeal in a legal challenge to a pair of President Trump’s executive orders which promulgated new policy directives regarding (among other things) diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...
By Elizabeth O. Manchester and Kelley J. O’Donnell [Update: On March 14, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of the preliminary injunction covered here, which allowed the challenged executive orders to take into effect. For analysis of these developments, see PSH’s client alert here.] On February 21, 2025, the United States...
PROVIDENCE, RI, February 13, 2025 – Partridge Snow & Hahn (PSH), a full-service business law and litigation firm, announces that Elizabeth O. Manchester has received the 2025 Dr. William A. McDonnell Award from Providence College. Named for one of the college’s most devoted volunteers, the award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing the...
By Elizabeth O. Manchester, James P. McGlone, and Kelley J. O’Donnell On Monday January 27th, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum instituting a pause on federal grant and loan programs. This memo quickly became the subject of litigation, further guidance from the White House, and court orders temporarily blocking...
By Elizabeth O. Manchester, Russell J. Stein, and Kelley J. O’Donnell The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) filed suit against McDonald’s in federal court over the corporation’s scholarship program for high school students of Hispanic and Latino descent, the Hispanic American Commitment to Educational Resources (“HACER”) program.[1] The complaint alleges the scholarship program is racially discriminatory in...
PROVIDENCE, RI, January 27, 2025 – Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP (PSH) Partners Elizabeth O. Manchester and Russell J. Stein will present a webinar on fiscal sponsorship to Legal Food Hub members on February 5. As part of the Legal Food Hub’s free winter webinar series, Manchester and Stein will provide information to help farmers,...
PROVIDENCE, RI, January 13, 2025 – Partridge Snow & Hahn (PSH), a full-service business law and litigation firm, announces that Elizabeth O. Manchester is the featured speaker for Charitable Gift Planners – RI’s (CGPRI) Annual Presentation, “Tax and Legal Changes Impacting the Nonprofit Sector,” on January 30. She will discuss relevant tax, legal, and compliance...
By Elizabeth Manchester, Russell Stein, Brian Reilly, and Madeline Ursini OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research nonprofit, has recently garnered media attention for considering a restructuring strategy involving the formation of a taxable subsidiary. The establishment of for-profit taxable subsidiaries by nonprofit organizations qualified as tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 501(c)(3)[1] has been a...
By Elizabeth O. Manchester, Russell J. Stein, and Kelley J. O’Donnell The Massachusetts legislature and Governor Healey recently passed into law An Act Relative to Strengthening Massachusetts’ Economic Leadership (the “Act”)[1]. The Act provides significant changes in the nonprofit space which will alleviate financial reporting requirements for small and mid-sized Massachusetts nonprofits as well as...
