PROVIDENCE, RI, March 12, 2026 – Partridge Snow & Hahn (PSH) announces that partner Elizabeth O. Manchester will present the program, “Annual Tax & Law Update,” at the Charitable Gift Planners of Rhode Island’s (CGP-RI) March Education Meeting on Thursday, March 26th. Manchester will share insights that help gift planners, development officers, advisors, and nonprofit leaders stay current on the legal and regulatory landscape shaping charitable giving, especially in the wake of the One Big Beautiful Bill and its wide-ranging implications for charitable planning. Registration is available here.
As Chair of PSH’s Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Practice Group, Manchester represents tax-exempt entities, centered on compliance, formation, charitable gift planning issues, and best practices. She has extensive experience assisting institutions with the inception of planned giving programs, as well as corporate governance matters and maintenance of tax-exempt status. Manchester advises charitable institutions and institutions of higher learning about tax benefits available to donors, to assist in discussions with donors to appropriately advance the organization’s mission. Serving as external general counsel for public charities and private foundations, Manchester advises nonprofits regarding board education and training, fiduciary obligation advice, compliance, donor representation, endowment fund management, finance, Form 990, reporting issues, governance, joint ventures, affiliations and litigation prevention. In addition, she advises nonprofits regarding managing bequests and complex gifts for organizations, mergers and acquisitions, obtaining and maintaining tax exemptions, policies, political and lobbying restrictions and tax.
The Charitable Gift Planners of Rhode Island (CGP-RI) is an association of advancement professionals and colleagues from allied fields, which is dedicated to furthering the gift planning profession through education and professional development, with over 100 Rhode Islanders in membership. Meetings are typically held monthly during the months of September through May and include presentations, by both local and national speakers, on a wide variety of topics related to planned giving. CGR-RI is the Rhode Island Chapter National Association of Charitable Gift Planners.
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