Practice Expertise

  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
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Areas of Practice

  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Art and Museum Law
  • Family Offices
  • Founders & Entrepreneurs
  • State Attorneys General
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Profile

Robin Krause is a Partner in the firm’s Tax-Exempt Organizations department. Ms. Krause has extensive experience in the representation of public charities, private foundations, and other 501(c) organizations including social welfare organizations and trade associations. Her practice focuses on governance and tax matters, international grantmaking and operations, program-related investing, donor-advised funds, and state and federal regulatory matters. Ms. Krause also has facilitated Board reviews of governance and accountability issues, provides training on lobbying activities for public charities and private foundations, and advises investment and audit committees on current issues.

Ms. Krause also advises individuals and corporations on charitable giving and philanthropic planning and represents a number of corporate foundations. Ms. Krause is recognized in the area of Tax: Not-for-Profit, Non-Profit and Tax-Exempt Organizations by The Legal 500 United States.

Ms. Krause serves as the Co-Chair of the Private Foundations Subcommittee of the Exempt Organizations section of the American Bar Association and has served as a member of the Advisory Board of the National Center of Philanthropy and the Law at New York University. She has served on the Advisory Boards for Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Guide to Mission Related Investing and Foundation Strategy Group’s Initiative on the Law of Mission Related Investing and is a member of the Board of Directors of MyFace and of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation. She lectures regularly and her speaking engagements include:

  • Georgetown Law Representing and Managing Tax-Exempt Organizations (2022: Fiduciary Issues in Investments)
  • NYC Bar Association (2019: Alternatives to Private Foundations: Donor Advised Funds)
  • Collaborative Strategies and Achieving Charitable Impact (2019)
  • Advancing Foundation Archives, Advocacy, Strategies and Solutions (June 2019)
  • King Badouin Foundation United States (May 2019: Tax-Efficient Giving in the United States)
  • University of Texas at Austin School of Law Nonprofit Organizations Institute  (2018: Disaster Relief: What a Nonprofit Needs to Know When Disaster Hits Your Community)
  • Ford Foundation and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (2017: Arts and Advocacy:  Navigating Lobbying, Political Activity and the First Amendment in 2017 – Lobbying and Political Activity: Best Practices for NonProfits)

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Education

  • New York University School of Law (J.D., 1990)
  • New York University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985)
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Areas of Practice

  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Art and Museum Law
  • Family Offices
  • Founders & Entrepreneurs
  • State Attorneys General

Professional Career


Professional Activities and Experience

MEMBERSHIPS: Co-Chair, Private Foundation, American Bar Association; Director and Secretary, Mertz Gilmore Foundation; Director, MyFace; Advisory Board Member of the National Center of Philanthropy 2013-2016




Articles

Additional Articles
  • Co-Author, "Demystifying Program Related Investments," New York University Conference on Tax Planning for Exempt Organizations

Blogs

Antitrust Update

Antitrust Update Blog is a source of insights, information and analysis on criminal and civil antitrust and competition-related issues. Patterson Belknap’s antitrust lawyers represent clients in antitrust litigation and counseling matters, including those related to pricing, marketing, distribution, franchising, and joint ventures and other strategic alliances. We have significant experience with government civil and criminal/cartel investigations, providing the unique perspectives of former...

Data Security Law Blog

DataSecurityLaw.com is the firm’s resource for the latest news, analysis, and thought leadership in the critical area of privacy and cybersecurity law. Patterson Belknap’s Privacy and Data Security practice provides public and private enterprises, their leadership teams and boards with comprehensive services in this critical area. Our team of experienced litigators, corporate advisors and former federal and state prosecutors advises on a broad range of privacy and data protection matters...

Misbranded

Misbranded is Patterson Belknap’s blog covering false advertising litigation—both consumer class actions and competitor suits—with a particular focus on FDA-regulated products (foods/beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and dietary supplements).

New York Commercial Division Decisions

The blog is a source for insights and developments related to practice in the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court. This blog reviews key developments in the Commercial Division, including important decisions handed down by the Commercial Division and appellate court decisions reviewing Commercial Division decisions. The blog also covers changes and proposed changes to Commercial Division rules and practice, including revisions to the rules since January 2015. The...

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