Donald W. Kramer

• Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

• Served as counsel to the Berwick Healthcare Corporation in the sale of a nonprofit hospital to the for-profit Community Health Systems as well as in the creation of the Berwick Health and Wellness Foundation, now known as the Community Giving Foundation
• Assisted in the sale of the nonprofit Brandywine Hospital to Community Health Systems
• Represented numerous nonprofit organizations in multiple matters of corporate restructuring to protect assets and centralize strategic planning and implementation

• Presenter at a monthly webinar on topics of nonprofit law and governance with the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations since 2013
• Speaker, “What’s New – and Not to be Missed – in Nonprofit Law 2023,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, March 2023
• Speaker, “Bylaws: The “Constitution” of Nonprofits,” Nonprofit Issues, January 2023
• Speaker, Montgomery McCracken’s 29th Annual “This Year in Nonprofit Law,” November 2019
• Speaker, “Leadership Moments,” Arts + Business Council of Greater Philadelphia’s (ABC) Business on Board, May 2019
• Speaker, “Law & Ethics: Board Roles and Responsibilities,” Arts + Business Council of Greater Philadelphia’s (ABC) Business on Board, January 2019
• Speaker, Montgomery McCracken’s 28th Annual “This Year in Nonprofit Law,” November 2018
• Speaker, “Law & Ethics: Board Roles and Responsibilities,” Arts + Business Council of Greater Philadelphia’s (ABC) Business on Board, January 2018
• Speaker, “Nonprofit Fiscal Health Check: Maximizing Operations with Sound Governance,” The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, December 2017
• Speaker, Montgomery McCracken’s 27^th Annual “This Year in Nonprofit Law,” November 2017
• Speaker, Montgomery McCracken’s 26^th Annual “This Year in Nonprofit Law,” November 2016
• Speaker, Montgomery McCracken’s 25^th Annual “This Year in Nonprofit Law”, December 2015
• Faculty member, “The Planned Giving Course,” Partnership for Philanthropic Planning of Greater Philadelphia, April 2015
• Course planner, “Protecting Your Charity in Charitable Giving,” PBI Nonprofit Series, March 2015
• Speaker, Montgomery McCracken’s 24th Annual “This Year in Nonprofit Law”, November 2014
• Speaker, “Board roles, responsibilities, and governance structures,” Chester County Library System, October 2014
• Speaker, “Crafting More Powerful Gift Acknowledgments,” Planned Giving Day, Partnership for Philanthropic Planning of Greater Philadelphia, October 2014
• Speaker, “State Charitable Solicitation Statues:Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask,” PANO, October 2014
• Presenter, “Nonprofit Mergers, Acquisitions and Affiliations,” Nonprofit Issues, March 2014
• Presenter, “What non-union employers need to know about the NLRA –and it’s alot,” Nonprofit Issues webinar, February 2014
• Speaker, Montgomery McCracken’s 23rd Annual “This Year in Nonprofit Law,” November 2013
• Presenter, “State Charitable Solicitation Statutes: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask,” Nonprofit Issues webinar, October 2013
• Speaker, “Lobbying and Electioneering for Nonprofits,” Nonprofit Issues webinar, September 2013
• Speaker, “Lessons Learned from the Freeh Report,” Montgomery McCracken’s Forum for Colleges and Universities, March 2013
• Presenter, “Safeguarding Your Nonprofit Organization-What You Need to Know,” January 2013
• Speaker, Montgomery McCracken’s 22nd Annual “This Year in Nonprofit Law,” November 2012
• Speaker, “Pennsylvania Tax Exemptions for Nonprofits – Is Your Charity Prepared to Defend Its Tax Exemption After a Recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court Case?,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI), July 2012
• Speaker, Montgomery McCracken’s 21st Annual “This Year in Nonprofit Law,” November 2012
• Presenter, “Representing Non-Profits for Non-Specialists,” American Bar Institute (ALI-ABA), June 2011

• Quoted, “Bills’ Hamlin will put the millions raised into his charity,” Associated Press, May 2023
• Quoted, “‘Have they locked the doors?’ Judge presses for details on Hershey charity spat with board member.,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2021
• Author, “Nonprofit Issues: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Questions and Answers,” April 2020
• Quoted, “Put Hershey funds to good use,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2016
• Quoted, “Readers: Startingly rich Milton Hershey School should expand mission with $12B” The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2016
• Quoted, “The Pa. Attorney General has tried to fix Hershey Trust for years. Will this probe be different?” The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 2016
• Quoted, “Visit Philadelphia could have recovered embezzled funds with insurance,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 2016
• Co-author, “Nonprofit Leadership and the Law“, Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 2000 (updated in 2001)

• Selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers – Nonprofit Organizations list in 2019. This list is issued by Thomson Reuters and a description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
• Selected to The Best Lawyers in America© – Non-Profit/Charities Law list in 2012-2023 and the “Lawyer of the Year” – Non-Profit/Charities Law. These lists are issued by Best Lawyers and a description of the selection methodology can be found here.  No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

No aspect of these advertisements has been approved by the highest court of any state.

• Founding attorney and member of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations for more than 30 years
• Adjunct lecturer in nonprofit law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Eastern University, and currently at the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Board Member, Philadelphia Fire Department Corporation

Law School

• Harvard Law School

Undergraduate School

• Princeton University