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Delaney focuses her practice on assisting for-profit entities and nonprofit organizations to meet their business goals and charitable and philanthropic missions.
Delaney drafts organizational documents for clients related to entity formation and governance, reviews contracts and agreements, and prepares documents relating to mergers and acquisitions.
Specific to the nonprofit sector, Delaney has experience drafting bylaws, conflict of interest, whistleblower and investment policies. She advises clients on board governance matters and questions of NYPMIFA (New York Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act) compliance, and also works with clients to obtain and maintain recognition of tax-exempt status. Delaney assists in client representation before the New York State Charities Bureau and New York State Attorney General’s office, with respect to cy pres court filings and entity dissolutions. With a related practice in trusts and estates, she is able to further counsel nonprofit clients in matters related to charitable gift agreements.
Honors & Affiliations
New York State Bar Association
Albany County Bar Association
Capital District Women’s Bar Association, Women in Law Section
Justinian Honorary Law Society
Capital District Women’s Bar Association “Sweet Success” Event Honoree, 2020
Cameron-Danaher Prize Recipient, 2019
John B. Lurie Memorial Prize Recipient, 2019
Kate Stoneman Student Award Recipient, 2019
Domenick L. Gabrielli Prize Recipient, 2019
Thomson Reuters Award Recipient, 2019
Siegel Scholarship Recipient, 2019
Albany Law Review Editorial Board, Executive Editor for Notes and Comments, 2018–2019
Student Service Award Recipient, 2018
American Bar Association Client Counseling Regional Competition, Finalist, 2018
Domenik L. Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Moore Court Competition, Finalist, 2017
Donna Jo Morse Client Counseling Competition, Finalist, 2017
Dean Thomas Sponslor Honors Teaching Fellow, Federal Civil Procedure, 2017
Representative Publications
Co-Author, "10 Lessons From 10 Years of Nonprofit Whistleblower Policies," New York Law Journal , February 3, 2025.
Contributor, "Not-for-Profit Report: Economic Relief During COVID-19 ," Saratoga Business Journal , December 14, 2020
Fanning the Flames: Gaslighting as a Tactic of Psychological Abuse and Criminal Prosecution , 83 Alb. L. Rev. 313, 2020
Representative Presentations
ALA Masters Series: Legal/HR Matters Impacting Associations, Empire State Society of Association Executives, March 12, 2021
Articles
Don’t Blow It: 10 Lessons From 10 Years of Nonprofit Whistleblower Policies
March 18, 2025
Most LLC Subsidiaries of Nonprofits Exempt From New York’s LLC Transparency Act, but Exemption is NOT Automatic
January 29, 2025
Student Financial Aid Regulations May Require Additional Reporting of Transactions Involving Trustees and Employees
November 14, 2024
Corporate Transparency Act Exempts Most (but not all) Nonprofits – The 60-Second Download
February 1, 2024
New Technical “Fixes” in the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law: Board Classification
November 21, 2023
Your Year-End Charitable Deduction Cheat Sheet
December 22, 2022
Updating Your Bylaws? Don’t Miss Out on New Technical “Fixes” in the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
December 14, 2022
"Click here to donate!" - Tax, Fundraising and Privacy Laws and Launching Your Nonprofit Website
November 11, 2022
Hurricane Ian and Informed Giving After Natural Disasters
October 14, 2022
E-Filing Now Required for Charities Bureau CHAR500 Annual Reports
September 12, 2022
Can “Business” Activities Ever Be Charitable? New York Thinks Not
May 16, 2022
Informed Giving During Times of Crisis
March 30, 2022
Employees Telecommuting Across State Lines? 5 Things Nonprofits Should Know
March 1, 2022
When Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough: Strict Compliance Required for Gift Acknowledgment Letters
February 1, 2022
Updates Required for Nonprofit Whistleblower Policies Early in the New Year
January 3, 2022
Your Year-End Charitable Deduction Cheat Sheet
December 2, 2021
New York Not-for-Profit Corporation Legislative Update
November 19, 2021
IRS Provides Long-Awaited Formal Guidance on 501(c)(3) LLCs
November 16, 2021
Can We Jump On the #Bandwagon?: Public Charity and Private Foundation Rules Regarding Issue Advocacy, Education and Lobbying
October 5, 2021
Give While the Giving is Good: CARES Act Charitable Giving Incentives Expiring December 31
November 17, 2020
IRS Dirty Dozen Includes Tax Scam Targeting Charitable Giving
November 10, 2020
PPP Safe Harbor 1: An Outline of New York Executive Orders to Rely On for Your Forgiveness Application
September 24, 2020
Executive Order 202.18: Changes to Schools, Businesses, Cooperatives and Condominiums; Retirement and Social Security Benefits; and Home Delivery of Meals to the Elderly
April 20, 2020
Profile
Delaney focuses her practice on assisting for-profit entities and nonprofit organizations to meet their business goals and charitable and philanthropic missions.
Delaney drafts organizational documents for clients related to entity formation and governance, reviews contracts and agreements, and prepares documents relating to mergers and acquisitions.
Delaney focuses her practice on assisting for-profit entities and nonprofit organizations to meet their business goals and charitable and philanthropic missions.
Delaney drafts organizational documents for clients related to entity formation and governance, reviews contracts and agreements, and prepares documents relating to mergers and acquisitions.
Specific to the nonprofit sector, Delaney has experience drafting bylaws, conflict of interest, whistleblower and investment policies. She advises clients on board governance matters and questions of NYPMIFA (New York Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act) compliance, and also works with clients to obtain and maintain recognition of tax-exempt status. Delaney assists in client representation before the New York State Charities Bureau and New York State Attorney General’s office, with respect to cy pres court filings and entity dissolutions. With a related practice in trusts and estates, she is able to further counsel nonprofit clients in matters related to charitable gift agreements.
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Honors & Affiliations
New York State Bar Association
Albany County Bar Association
Capital District Women’s Bar Association, Women in Law Section
Justinian Honorary Law Society
Capital District Women’s Bar Association “Sweet Success” Event Honoree, 2020
Cameron-Danaher Prize Recipient, 2019
John B. Lurie Memorial Prize Recipient, 2019
Kate Stoneman Student Award Recipient, 2019
Domenick L. Gabrielli Prize Recipient, 2019
Thomson Reuters Award Recipient, 2019
Siegel Scholarship Recipient, 2019
Albany Law Review Editorial Board, Executive Editor for Notes and Comments, 2018–2019
Student Service Award Recipient, 2018
American Bar Association Client Counseling Regional Competition, Finalist, 2018
Domenik L. Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Moore Court Competition, Finalist, 2017
Donna Jo Morse Client Counseling Competition, Finalist, 2017
Dean Thomas Sponslor Honors Teaching Fellow, Federal Civil Procedure, 2017
Representative Publications
Co-Author, "10 Lessons From 10 Years of Nonprofit Whistleblower Policies," New York Law Journal , February 3, 2025.
Contributor, "Not-for-Profit Report: Economic Relief During COVID-19 ," Saratoga Business Journal , December 14, 2020
Fanning the Flames: Gaslighting as a Tactic of Psychological Abuse and Criminal Prosecution , 83 Alb. L. Rev. 313, 2020
Representative Presentations
ALA Masters Series: Legal/HR Matters Impacting Associations, Empire State Society of Association Executives, March 12, 2021
Articles
Don’t Blow It: 10 Lessons From 10 Years of Nonprofit Whistleblower Policies
March 18, 2025
Most LLC Subsidiaries of Nonprofits Exempt From New York’s LLC Transparency Act, but Exemption is NOT Automatic
January 29, 2025
Student Financial Aid Regulations May Require Additional Reporting of Transactions Involving Trustees and Employees
November 14, 2024
Corporate Transparency Act Exempts Most (but not all) Nonprofits – The 60-Second Download
February 1, 2024
New Technical “Fixes” in the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law: Board Classification
November 21, 2023
Your Year-End Charitable Deduction Cheat Sheet
December 22, 2022
Updating Your Bylaws? Don’t Miss Out on New Technical “Fixes” in the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
December 14, 2022
"Click here to donate!" - Tax, Fundraising and Privacy Laws and Launching Your Nonprofit Website
November 11, 2022
Hurricane Ian and Informed Giving After Natural Disasters
October 14, 2022
E-Filing Now Required for Charities Bureau CHAR500 Annual Reports
September 12, 2022
Can “Business” Activities Ever Be Charitable? New York Thinks Not
May 16, 2022
Informed Giving During Times of Crisis
March 30, 2022
Employees Telecommuting Across State Lines? 5 Things Nonprofits Should Know
March 1, 2022
When Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough: Strict Compliance Required for Gift Acknowledgment Letters
February 1, 2022
Updates Required for Nonprofit Whistleblower Policies Early in the New Year
January 3, 2022
Your Year-End Charitable Deduction Cheat Sheet
December 2, 2021
New York Not-for-Profit Corporation Legislative Update
November 19, 2021
IRS Provides Long-Awaited Formal Guidance on 501(c)(3) LLCs
November 16, 2021
Can We Jump On the #Bandwagon?: Public Charity and Private Foundation Rules Regarding Issue Advocacy, Education and Lobbying
October 5, 2021
Give While the Giving is Good: CARES Act Charitable Giving Incentives Expiring December 31
November 17, 2020
IRS Dirty Dozen Includes Tax Scam Targeting Charitable Giving
November 10, 2020
PPP Safe Harbor 1: An Outline of New York Executive Orders to Rely On for Your Forgiveness Application
September 24, 2020
Executive Order 202.18: Changes to Schools, Businesses, Cooperatives and Condominiums; Retirement and Social Security Benefits; and Home Delivery of Meals to the Elderly
April 20, 2020