Whether you are an activist, lawyer, wealth holder, or inhabitant of our highly unequal society, you may be wondering: How can we redistribute the wealth? In this webinar, Moh Mookim and Janelle Orsi of Sustainable Economies Law Center will share what they’ve learned about wealth redistribution and the law. In particular, what are the legal and tax considerations of people and foundations voluntarily gifting their wealth? What are considerations for people and organizations receiving that wealth?
Our goal is for wealth to flow without legal barriers and in the spirit of solidarity, not charity. Far too often, professionals like lawyers, financial planners, and foundation leaders misunderstand the law, causing unnecessary blockages to redistribution. We’ll do our best to give a broad overview of the legal terrain and the various resources we’ve created on these topics, helping dispel some myths while we’re at it.
Topics we’ll cover include:
💰 Gifts to individuals
💰 Making grants to non-501c3s
💰 Gift tax
💰 Charitable tax deductions
💰 Rules applicable to public charities, private foundations, and donor-advised funds
💰 Endowment law
💰 Giving land and homes
This activity is approved by the California State Bar for 1.25 MCLE credit.
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Presenters
Moh Mookim
Moh Mookim (they/them) is a land justice and wealth redistribution lawyer committed to abolition, landback, and anti-capitalist solidarity economies. Their work at the Law Center aims to liberate land from the speculative market by supporting collectives led by Black, Indigenous, and/or poor people. Moh also leads the Law Center's wealth redistribution work, helping donors opt out of extractive financial systems and instead commit to grassroots social movements. They were raised in a big South Asian immigrant family on Lenapehoking (the NYC metro area) and have lived on Ohlone land in the Bay Area, CA for the last decade. They went to Stanford University for undergrad and law school.
Janelle Orsi
Janelle Orsi is a cartoonist, lawyer, and advocate focused on cooperatives, land trusts, housing justice, community-owned energy, and democratizing finance. She is Co-Founder of the cooperatively-structured nonprofit Sustainable Economies Law Center, which facilitates the growth of more sustainable and localized economies through education, research, and advocacy. She likes to have fun conversations and make cartoons about abolishing private property, abolishing the legal profession, and abolishing private wealth accumulation.
