Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Tax-Exempt Organizations

Robin Krause is a Partner in Patterson Belknap’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 facilitates Board reviews and educational workshops on legal, tax, 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. She 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 the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.

Admitted in New York

Co-Chair, Private Foundation Sub-Committee of the Exempt Organizations Committee of the American Bar Association; Board Member and Secretary, Mertz Gilmore Foundation

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