Foundation Legal Help Desk operates through Zendesk's secure web portal, allowing you to communicate directly with our on-call attorney. An attorney specialized in the topic area responds to you directly with a written answer or makes arrangements for a phone conversation.
Details about this service are included below:
- This service is designed to provide brief answers to questions and is limited to a maximum of one hour on any one question. The attorney will advise the foundation if they need to engage counsel to assist them with a complex legal issue or gift.
- Extended council and services, including on-site and virtual training opportunities, can be arranged with the attorney for an additional fee. Contact legalhelp@inphilanthropy.org.
- Our goal is to respond within 24 hours (Monday-Friday during the business week); attorneys are not available on an immediate basis.
- The attorney will engage directly with foundation staff or trustees and does not work independently with donors or professional advisors.
- The attorney can review documents but will not prepare any documents.
- This service is for legal questions that relate to the operation of a foundation, not legal issues facing a foundation’s grantees.
- Foundation Legal Help Desk reserves the right to decline a request that is clearly beyond the scope of a one-hour engagement.
- To adjust your subscription, contact legalhelp@inphilanthropy.org.