Experienced – Involved – Respected
25 Years in the Nonprofit Arena
Kathryn Vanden Berk has been providing advice to nonprofit organizations since 1979. Her legal career began in Madison, Wisconsin, where she was legal counsel to a number of health care providers and trade associations. She became President of a residential treatment center for children in 1988, and worked in that field as an executive for the next 10 years.
Kathryn returned to the practice of law in 1999 and now focuses her legal work on not-for-profit, tax-exempt organizations. Since 1999, she has successfully taken a wide variety of organizations through the start-up process, and she has advised both large and small organizations on issues of governance, leadership, management, corporate re-structure, taxation, and employment administration. Her clients are nationwide.
Services Available
- Nonprofit Incorporation, Charitable Registration, IRS Tax Exemption
- Board Governance, Bylaws, Conflicts of Interest, Directors & Officers
- Restructuring a Mature Nonprofit Organization
- Employment Law Issues: Personnel Policies, Employee Handbooks, Performance, Termination
Lecturer & Trainer
- Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management, North Park University
- University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
- Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
- Harper College Certificate Program for Nonprofit Management
- Nonprofit Financial Center
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Nonprofit Director and Officer
- Member, Advisory Board, Axelson Center, North Park University
- Member, Former Officer, Association of Consultants to Nonprofits
- Director, Officer, Pilgrim Chamber Players
- Director, Youth Conservation Corps
- Director, Friends for Health Supporting the North Shore Health Center
- Former Council Chair, North Shore Unitarian Church
- Former Officer, Wisconsin Association of Family and Children's Agencies
- Former Director, National Association of Homes and Services to Children
- Former Officer, Council of Health and Human Services, United Church of Christ
Professional Memberships
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association, Chair, Federal Tax Subcommittee on Exempt Organizations
- Association of Consultants to Nonprofits, Former Officer
More Information
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