 Jeffrey
M. Hurwit is founder of the law firm Hurwit & Associates of
Newton, Massachusetts, which provides comprehensive legal
counsel exclusively to tax-exempt organizations, foundations and
charitable donors. Clients include educational, health, human service,
environmental, arts, advocacy, and professional organizations throughout
the US and abroad. He is Of Counsel to the Boston-based law firm
of Burns & Levinson LLP.
Mr. Hurwit served four years as an Assistant
Attorney General in the Public Charities Division of the Massachusetts
Attorney General's Office, which oversees nonprofit organizations
in the Commonwealth, was a staff attorney for WGBH Educational Foundation,
concentrating in the areas of contract and intellectual property
law, and was Chairman of the Nonprofit Organization Committee of
the Massachusetts Bar Association.
As an Assistant Attorney General, one of
Mr. Hurwit's main responsibilities was the legal and financial oversight
of charitable trusts. He oversaw Cy Pres proceedings (the re-dedication
of charitable funds) of approximately $75 million held in charitable
trust and oversaw the review of $300 million held in municipal charitable
trust funds.
Currently emphasized areas of counsel include
nonprofit mergers and collaborations, nonprofit/for-profit structures
and conversions, the taxation of unrelated business income, and
governing board structure and responsibilities. Mr. Hurwit speaks
frequently on nonprofit legal and organizational issues including
most recently: Nonprofit Governance, Commercial Activities for Tax-Exempt
Organizations, Effective Endowment Stewardship, and Emerging Nonprofit
Business Models.
In 1978, Mr. Hurwit received a B.A. magna
cum laude from Duke University in Middle East Studies. He received
a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and became a member
of the Massachusetts Bar in 1982.
Articles
and Publications
- "Unrelated Business Income
Taxation: A Food and Facilities Tax Primer", The Complete
Guide to Foodservice in Cultural Institutions, John Wiley &
Sons, 2002
- "Giving Yawkey funds wisely
likely harder than buying team" (February 22-28, 2002) Op. Ed., Boston Business Journal
Speaking and Teaching Engagements
- "Starting a Nonprofit Organization," May 12, 2004, hosted by Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
- "Nonprofit Law: Current Legal and Governance Issues," March 31, 2004, hosted by the Technical Development Corporation.
- "Nonprofit Law: Critical Issues and
Common Questions," November 13, 2002, 9:30-12:30, sponsored
by the Training Institute of the Technical Development Corporation,
31 Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts, www.tdcorp.org, (617) 728-9151
- "Tax, Legal, and Ethical Concerns
for Private Foundations," October 23, 2003, a trustee leadership
conference of the Association of Small Foundations. The conference
was attended by trustees of 85 foundations.
- "Starting a Nonprofit Organization" July
10, 2002, Technical Development Corporation
- "Essential Legal Issues for
Nonprofit Organizations," April 26, 2002, Technical Development
Corporation
- "Trends in Charitable Giving
and Emerging Philanthropic Vehicles," April 12, 2002, Lexington
Advisors Investment Forum
- "Emerging Nonprofit Business
Models" and "A Practical Approach to Liability Prevention," Tax-Exempt Organizations in Massachusetts, February 7, 2002, a
Lorman Education Services Seminar
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