Ebehi Izokun

Ebehi Izokun maintains a broad-based nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations practice, advising clients throughout the full life cycle of nonprofit entities, from formation and applications for tax-exempt status to grant-making, corporate governance and dissolution. She counsels clients on a wide range of governance, compliance and strategic matters, including tax-exempt requirements, charitable programs, board responsibilities and organizational best practices. She also advises philanthropists, families and businesses to develop and advance charitable and social impact initiatives aligned with their long-term objectives. 

Before entering private practice, Ebehi served as a legal fellow at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, a prominent private foundation founded by the late Intel co-founder Gordon Moore and his wife, Betty, that advances environmental conservation, scientific discovery and health care programs. In this role, she advised on a broad range of domestic and international grant-making matters, including the negotiation of grants and other sophisticated funding arrangements, and supported governance and compliance initiatives across the Foundation. Having worked within a major private foundation, Ebehi brings firsthand insight into the legal, operational and governance challenges faced by private foundations and other charitable organizations, as well as the institutional priorities that drive philanthropic decision-making.