Bio

Lauren Cramer is Chair of the Firm’s Tax-Exempt Organizations department, where she provides advice concerning federal tax issues related to tax-exempt organizations including public charities, private foundations, social welfare organizations, trade associations, religious corporations and other 501(c) organizations. Her practice focuses largely on organizational structuring, governance and accountability issues, joint ventures between for-profits and tax-exempts, international grantmaking, and program-related investments. Ms. Cramer provides counsel on donor advised funds, restricted gifts and endowments, as well as executive compensation arrangements, unrelated business income issues, and issues related to private inurement, private benefit and excess benefit transactions She is also Co-Chair of the Art Department. Ms. Cramer joined McLaughlin & Stern in 1995.