Political Contributions, Lobbying, Advocacy and 501(c)(4)s (Not-for-Profit & Government Accounting C

Donald W. Kramer

Donald W. Kramer serves as chair of Montgomery McCracken’s Nonprofit practice group.
Don has more than 40 years of experience dealing with the concerns of nonprofit organizations, not only as a lawyer, but also as a teacher, writer, publisher and board member. He has worked with nonprofits of all types and sizes, helping structure startup situations and restructure multiorganizational health and educational systems. He counsels on a wide range of nonprofit corporate structure and governance, private and community foundations, continuing care retirement communities, exempt organization taxation, low-income housing tax credit transactions, real estate, charitable giving and other nonprofit issues.

Don’s representative clients include The Philadelphia Foundation, The Kendal Corporation, Pennswood Village, Central Susquehanna Community Foundation and Woods Services.

Don serves as the editor and publisher of Don Kramer’s Nonprofit Issues®, a national newsletter of “Nonprofit Law You Need to Know,” which he founded in 1989. Prior to joining Montgomery McCracken in 1972, Don served as deputy development coordinator and assistant to the mayor of Philadelphia.

Patricia “Tish” Mogan
Standards for Excellence Officer
Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO), Harrisburg, PA

Tish’s present responsibilities include direction the Standards for Excellence® Program, an Ethics and Accountability Program including training, technical assistance and a voluntary certification process for nonprofit organizations in Pennsylvania. Her background includes work in the fields of education and nonprofit administration.  Currently, Tish also serves as an adjunct faculty member of Eastern University’s MS in Nonprofit Management. She holds a BA in Mathematics with a minor in Education, an MA in Theology from St. Bonaventure University and an MBA with a concentration in Nonprofit Management from Eastern University.  Tish has served on many nonprofit boards and community projects. A native of Southeastern PA, Tish now resides in Central Pennsylvania. 
Education experience includes 19 years as a junior high and high school full time teacher in the Philadelphia area and Virginia.  Nonprofit work experience includes 12 years as the Executive Director of The MBF Center in Norristown where Tish was the first full time staff person and assisted the organization’s growth to 19 staff. A post secondary and accredited business school, MBF assisted people with severe disabilities to get and keep meaningful employment. Since 2002, as the Standards for Excellence Officer at PANO,  Tish has worked with over 5,000 nonprofit organizations in building capacity, strengthening infrastructure and developing more active and engaged governing boards through utilizing the resources of the nationally recognized Standards for Excellence Ethics and Accountability education and certification program for nonprofit organizations.