Overview
Corporate Philanthropy
Angela helps companies and their affiliated charities structure their community outreach and charitable grant-making programs. She advises more than 30 company-affiliated charities on matters that include formation, tax-exemption, grant-making, domestic and international employee assistance, scholarships and compliance with the private foundation excise tax rules. Angela also helps companies and charities comply with the state-specific laws relating to cause-related marketing.
Grant-Making Organizations
Angela regularly works with private foundation and public charity grant-makers on issues related to governance, grant-making, program-related investments and strategic collaborations.
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Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Iowa
Education
University of Iowa College of Law
J.D. with high distinction, Order of the Coif (2009)
Iowa State University
B.A. in Political Science (2006)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- 2018 Private Foundation Regulatory Update
Clifton Larsen Allen’s Private Foundation Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, April 2018 - The Charitable Giving Minefield: Charitable Giving Methods
National Business Institute, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, April 2018 - Operating a Nonprofit in an Online World
Minnesota Nonprofit Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2018
- Converting Planned Gifts Into Current Dollars
Iowa Partnership for Philanthropic Planning, Davenport, Iowa, September 2014 - Converting Planned Gifts Into Current Dollars
National Conference on Philanthropic Planning, Minneapolis, October 2013 - A Gift for All Donors: Advising Philanthropic Clients About Charitable Giving Strategies
Co-presenter, Probate & Trust Law Section Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, June 2013 - What I Wish I Knew: “Must Know” Charitable Gift Concepts for Attorneys and Tax and Financial Advisors
Co-Presenter, Probate & Trust Law Section Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, June 2012
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- Iowa State Bar Association
Civic Activities
- Orchard Hill Church, Cedar Falls, Iowa
- Junior League of Minneapolis — Board of Directors, 2012-13 and 2014-15
- Twin Cities United Way — Centennial Endowment Leadership Committee, 2013-14
Honors
- Minnesota Super Lawyers — Rising Stars, Nonprofit Organizations, 2015-16, 2018-24
- Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2020-21, 2023
- Minnesota State Bar Association — North Star Lawyers, 2012-17
- Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2015-19
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.