Michele Wasson was a featured presenter at the annual Advising Oregon Nonprofits seminar, hosted by the Oregon State Bar Nonprofit Organizations Law Section. She and her co-presenter, Heather Weigler of the Oregon Department of Justice, gave a talk on “When Grants Go Sideways: What Lawyers Need to Know.” For an audience of nonprofit lawyers and professionals, the two reviewed the different types of grants and outlined the basics of grant administration. Their presentation also touched on donor intent, grant restrictions, and how to seek modification of grant awards. They wrapped things up by highlighting the issues that can pop up with grants and how to best prevent them.
Michele Wasson is Chair of Tonkon Torp’s Nonprofit Organizations Practice Group. Her practice is concentrated on providing legal counsel to and advocacy for nonprofit organizations, including trade associations, social clubs, professional groups, advocacy groups, public charities, private foundations, and other nonprofit entities. She has extensive experience with many of the major legal issues affecting nonprofit organizations, including tax-exemption, fundraising and cause marketing, commercial joint ventures, governance, lobbying and political activity, unrelated business income tax, and the private foundation excise taxes.
