Farah N. Ansari

Farah N. Ansari is a partner with Schenck Price, where she is Co-Chair of the Nonprofit Practice Group and a member of the Tax Planning Practice Group. Farah acts as outside counsel to nonprofits and possesses significant experience counseling nonprofit organizations including charities, foundations, educational organizations, arts organizations, religious organizations, hospitals and other tax-exempt organizations in both New York and New Jersey.  Farah’s practice includes counseling on issues relating to the formation of public charities and private foundations, including those with foreign operations. Farah also assists organizations with their transactions, contract negotiation and tax exemption compliance.

Farah routinely provides guidance on many nonprofit/tax-exempt related topics, including the following: supporting organization issues; the unrelated business income tax (including audits); private foundation excise taxes, including self-dealing and expenditure responsibility; issues relating to private operating foundations; corporate sponsorships; conflicts of interest; excess benefit transactions; cause-related marketing; making grants; excess executive compensation; nonprofit governance; the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act; fundraising; and real property tax exemption.

Farah is also well-versed in Federal and State tax laws, providing tax-related guidance to both businesses and individuals.  She is experienced in handling federal and state tax controversies in relation to income, withholding, and sales and use tax issues.  Farah represents clients before the taxing authorities, in audits and in negotiating settlements, and in New Jersey Tax Court.

A Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, Farah is a past Chair of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and is currently Co-Chair of the Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee of the Taxation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.  She is currently serving on the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Tax Court.  She is a member of the Legal, Wealth & Tax Advisory Committee of the Community Foundation of New Jersey.  Farah is also a member of the Government Relations Council of Nonprofit New York and the New York City Bar, Non-Profit Organizations Committee.  Farah is a Board Member of Women@NJPAC, the Volunteer Center of Bergen County and the New York Phi Beta Kappa Association. Farah lectures frequently on tax and nonprofit-related topics.

Farah chairs Schenck Price's Diversity and Inclusion Committee.