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Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Organizations

Nonprofits, Tax-Exempt Organizations, Boards, Founders, & Fiduciaries

Legal counsel for nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, boards, founders, officers, donors, and fiduciaries facing governance, federal tax-exemption, charitable-asset, advocacy, international nonprofit, and IRS compliance matters.

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Washington, D.C. Office

800 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20006

Direct: +1 202-870-1977

Tysons Office

1750 Tysons Boulevard
Suite 1500
McLean, Virginia 22102

Direct: +1 703-403-1488

Chase Counsel advises public charities, private foundations, educational and religious organizations, membership organizations and associations, founder-led nonprofits, boards, officers, donors, and fiduciaries on governance, federal tax-exempt compliance, private benefit and inurement, unrelated business income, charitable assets, advocacy and political-activity restrictions, international nonprofit operations, information reporting, and selected IRS examinations and controversies.

Chase Sizemore, Attorney

Attorney Chase Sizemore, JD, LLM

Principal, Chase Counsel PLLC

Georgetown Tax LLM | Former KPMG Auditor

U.S. Tax Court | Columbia University Graduate Studies

National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Diploma

30+ Years of Legal Experience

When nonprofit governance, tax-exempt status, or charitable assets are at stake, the issue is not paperwork. It is stewardship.

What We Handle

Governance, Boards & Fiduciary Duties

Governing documents, board structure, fiduciary duties, officer authority, conflicts, founder relationships, governance procedures, and leadership transitions.

Federal Tax-Exempt Status & Compliance

Recognition and maintenance of exemption, private inurement, private benefit, executive compensation and I.R.C. § 4958, excess-benefit transactions, unrelated business income, joint ventures and partnerships, reorganizations, affiliations and related entities, Form 990 governance, and IRS examinations involving tax-exempt organizations.

Charitable Gifts, Restricted Funds & Donor Intent

Restricted contributions, donor-imposed conditions, gift acceptance, earmarked contributions, endowments, designated funds, and modification or release of restrictions.

Advocacy, Lobbying & Political-Activity Compliance

Federal tax rules governing lobbying, § 501(h) elections, political campaign intervention, coordination with § 501(c)(4) organizations, cost allocation between affiliated organizations, advocacy policies, and board oversight.

International Nonprofit Operations

Foreign grantmaking, expenditure responsibility, equivalency determinations, overseas programs, implementing partners, international agreements, financial controls, anti-diversion procedures, sanctions and restricted-party compliance, and cross-border governance.

IRS Examinations & Tax-Exempt Controversies

IRS examinations, penalty matters, exemption issues, and other federal tax controversies involving nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations.

Before you hire a lawyer, know who you are actually hiring.

Why Clients Choose Chase Counsel

Georgetown Tax LLM | U.S. Tax Court | Former KPMG Auditor | Columbia University Graduate Studies | 30+ Years of Legal Experience

Attorney Chase Sizemore personally evaluates and leads each nonprofit and tax-exempt matter, drawing on more than thirty years of legal and advisory experience. He earned an LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, previously worked as an auditor at KPMG, is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court, completed graduate studies in nonprofit management at Columbia University, and received advanced trial-advocacy training through the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

His experience extends well beyond his law practice. In 2006, he founded Teach Them To Fish Foundation, a § 501(c)(3) public charity that builds and supports primary schools in rural Cambodia and Uganda. Through nearly two decades of nonprofit leadership, he has dealt directly with governance, board responsibilities, charitable operations, international programs, donor relationships, and the practical challenges of managing charitable resources across borders. His humanitarian service has been recognized with the U.S. Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, the Royal Order of Cambodia medal, and eight Cambodian Sthapana Cheat gold medals.

His published and forthcoming work includes the legal treatise Nonprofit Stewards: Governance, Fiduciary Duty, and Accountability in Tax-Exempt Organizations, the memoirs The Road to Kitgum: A Memoir of Cambodia, Uganda, and the Search for a Child Lost to War and Where the Red Earth Broke: A Memoir of Cambodia, Mercy, and the Cost of Rescue, and numerous legal and scholarly articles.

Teach Them To Fish Foundation in Practice

This video documents the opening of Preah Khol Primary School in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia.

Preah Khol Primary School -- Opening Ceremony

Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia

Nonprofit Stewards forthcoming book cover

Forthcoming Book

Nonprofit Stewards

Governance, Fiduciary Duty, and Accountability in Tax-Exempt Organizations

By Chase Sizemore, JD, LLM

Nonprofit Stewards examines nonprofit governance, fiduciary duties, tax-exempt organizations, board oversight, donor stewardship, and institutional accountability.

Drawing upon decades of legal practice, advanced tax training, and firsthand experience founding and operating an international nonprofit organization, Nonprofit Stewards explores the legal and practical responsibilities of nonprofit leaders, directors, fiduciaries, and advisors.

The manuscript is currently undergoing professional line editing.

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