Sally Wagenmaker is a partner in the Chicago office of Wagenmaker & Oberly, which also has a Charleston, SC office. Her law firm serves nonprofit organizations across the nation, as trusted advisors in legal areas including nonprofit corporate start-ups, IRS tax exemption and related compliance, employment aspects of nonprofits, and real estate aspects including property transactions and exemptions, dispute resolution, and innovative social enterprise ventures. The firm’s values include trustworthiness, cost-efficiency, creative collaboration, mutual respect, and community engagement, consistent with Proverbs 11:24-25.
Sally maintains a deep and abiding respect for pro-life heroes big and small, who seek daily to protect human life and to promote a culture of life beneficial to all. She is incredibly blessed to help many pro-life organizations with their corporate, tax, and other legal compliance aspects. Sally speaks regularly on exciting and fun nonprofit legal topics like board governance, religious liberty considerations, political activities, charitable fundraising, and corporate structuring. Sally is thankful for her husband and two teenage children, who remind her continually that we are all made in God’s image and are valuable beyond measure.