Social Impact

Areas of Practice

Alabama social impact attorneys helping businesses, nonprofits, and private foundations deploy capital, attract investment, and build stronger communities through strategic, mission-driven legal counsel.

  • Impact Investing & Program-Related Investments

  • Community Development Finance

  • Benefit Corporations

  • Mission-Related Investment Strategies

  • Grant Funding & Capital Strategies

  • Private Foundation Compliance

  • For-Profit & Public Benefit Structures



Fortif Law Partners helps clients think strategically about how to recruit impact investments and attract grant funding that strengthens both their businesses and their communities. Our social impact practice is built on the belief that legal counsel can be a genuine force for community progress, and we work to stay at the forefront of community development for cities and counties across Alabama and beyond.

From structuring IRS-compliant investment programs for private foundations to helping companies build capital stacks that advance both for-profit and public benefit goals, Fortif brings a rare combination of legal expertise and mission-driven perspective to every social impact engagement.

Examples

  • Fortif has helped Alabama private foundations establish and implement IRS-compliant program-related investment programs, and regularly assists nonprofits and private foundations with mission-related investment strategies.

  • Fortif incorporated the first benefit corporation in Alabama and has since helped many others structure and establish benefit corporations across the state.

  • Fortif has helped Alabama companies develop unique capital stacks designed to advance both for-profit objectives and meaningful public benefit goals.