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Uncharitable Creditors: The Collision of Charitable and Asset-Protection Planning

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

This article provides an overview of asset protection planning and its role in estate and charitable gift planning from both the donor's and the charity's perspective. Topics covered include erosion of the traditional protection of charities from creditors' claims; insuring against a charity's liabilities; the use of supporting organizations to protect a charity's assets; potential conversion of a nonprofit corporation to a protected charitable trust; the new "L3C" entity and its probable role.