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Hemenway & Barnes Named Among the "Best Law Firms" of 2025 by Best Lawyers

ABCD Community Heroes Celebration

Brad Bedingfield and Eleanor Evans to Present on Funding for Race-Based Programs at PGGNE Monthly Meeting

Hemenway & Barnes Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers in America®

Eleanor Evans to Present “Dissolution of Massachusetts Nonprofit Organizations”

Planned Giving Group of New England (PGGNE) Annual All-Day Conference 2024

Eleanor Evans Elected to the Partnership at Hemenway & Barnes

Brad Bedingfield and Eleanor Evans to Present an MNN Webinar “Gift Acceptance Policies: Why, When and How to Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth”

Eleanor Evans and Rob Leahy to Present at MCLE Webcast: Application & Approval Process for 501(c)3 Status

Eleanor Evans to Chair MCLE Seminar “Advising on Operational & Legal Landmines Small Nonprofits Frequently Encounter”

ABCD Community Heroes Celebration

Hemenway & Barnes Named among the "Best Law Firms" of 2024 by Best Lawyers

Eleanor Evans to Lead Expert Roundtable on Advocacy and Public Policy: Navigating the IRS Rules at MNN's Annual Conference

Hemenway & Barnes Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers in America®

Eleanor Evans to Present at the CAPLAW National Training Conference 2023

Eleanor Evans to Present “Year in Review” at MCLE 24th Annual Nonprofit Law Conference

Eleanor Evans and Robert Leahy Author Chapters in MCLE Book “Massachusetts Nonprofit Organizations”

Eleanor Evans and Jennifer Grace Miller Author Chapter in MCLE Book “Massachusetts Nonprofit Organizations”

Massachusetts Charitable Contributions Deduction Takes Effect

Brad Bedingfield and Eleanor Evans to Present "Understanding 501(c)(3) Tax Exemption of Non-Profits" at MCLE

ABCD Community Heroes Celebration

Nonprofit 411: Can Our Nonprofit Organization’s Board Vote by Email?

MNN Policymaker Roundtable with Courtney Aladro, Chief of the Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division in the Attorney General's office

Eleanor Evans and Rob Leahy to Present an MNN Webinar - Keeping Tabs on Federal Grant Funds: Key Considerations in Contracting for Services

Eleanor Evans to Present at 2022 CAPLAW National Training Conference

Brad Bedingfield and Eleanor Evans to Present “Updating Governing Documents" at the ECCF Institute for Trustees (Virtual)

Keirsa Johnson and Eleanor Evans to Present an MNN Webinar - Navigating Cryptocurrency Donations

Prepare Now for Life After Zoom

Eleanor Evans to Present Teaming Up to do More: Collaborating Through Shared Services at CAPLAW Training Conference

Eleanor Evans to Present “Demystifying Mergers” at the 2021 Nonprofit Board Summit

Brad Bedingfield and Eleanor Evans to Present “Demystifying Mergers” at the ECCF Institute for Trustees

PPP Loans for Nonprofits and the American Rescue Plan – Expanded Eligibility, but the Window Is Closing

Brad Bedingfield and Eleanor Evans to Present at MCLE’s Serving on Non-Profit Boards

Brad Bedingfield and Eleanor Evans to Present “Confronting COVID-Era Compliance Concerns” at MSCPAs Nonprofit Conference

Round Two of Paycheck Protection Program Funds for Nonprofits and Small Businesses

Additional COVID Relief for Nonprofits

Nonprofit 411: Demystifying Mergers

Eleanor Evans to Present “Keeping Tabs on Federal Grant Funds: Key Considerations in Contracting for Services”

Eleanor Evans to Speak at BBA Higher Education Legal Conference

Raising Your 501(c)(3)’s Voice in an Election Year Without Risking Its Exempt Status

Congress Loosens Paycheck Protection Program Requirements

SBA Issues PPP Loan Forgiveness Guidance

Eleanor Evans Elected as a Member of Needham Housing Authority Board of Commissioners

Charting a New Course for Charitable Giving in 2020

Education Department Releases Institutional Portion of CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund

Education Department Releases Higher Education Student Relief and Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Funds

Remote Meetings for Members – New COVID-19 Relief for Nonprofit Governance

SBA Issues Interim Final Rules on Paycheck Protection Program

Complying with Paid Leave Requirements Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

The CARES Act: Key Provisions Affecting Colleges and Universities

The CARES Act: Summary of Select Provisions Related to Small Businesses and Nonprofits

The CARES Act and Nonprofits

Annual Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Proxy Voting and Use of Communications Equipment

UPDATED: Treasury Department Extends April 15 Tax Filing and Payment Deadlines

Direct Impact - Establishing an Emergency COVID-19 Relief Fund

New Federal Law Requires Many Employers to Provide Paid Coronavirus-Related Leave

Treasury Department Extends April 15 Tax Payment Deadline

IRS Clarifies Tax Treatment of Virtual Currency Donations

2020 Federal Appropriations Act Provisions Impact Nonprofits

PODCAST: Articles, Bylaws and Corporate Law: The ABCs of Nonprofit Membership Corporations

FAQ: ABCs of Nonprofit Membership Corporations

Take Steps Now to Comply with the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Law

Hemenway & Barnes Expands Nonprofit Group with Addition of Eleanor Evans