Andy Henderson has long assisted nonprofit organizations – both public charities and mutual-benefit associations.  He co-founded and obtained the tax-exempt status for three successful IRC section 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, indicated below.  For almost nine years, Henderson was the in-house general counsel of two IRC section 501(c)(6) mutual-benefit (trade) associations, where he gained in-depth experience with many nonprofit issues, including governance, compliance, fiduciary, tax and employment law.

Representative Charitable and Civic Activities

Founding Treasurer and Director, second President, 1983-1987
Society for Masonboro Island (501(c)(3)), Wilmington, NC
Successfully conserved southeastern North Carolina's largest
undeveloped barrier island

Founding Treasurer and Director, 1984-1987
Old Baldy Foundation (501(c)(3)), Bald Head Island, NC
Restoration of 1817 historic lighthouse on Cape Fear, North Carolina

Counsel, Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department
(Christopher Commission) 1991

Commissioner, City of Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, 1996-1999

Founding Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1996-1999
Break the Cycle (501(c)(3)), Santa Monica, CA
Domestic violence prevention through education provided to
teen-aged students and juvenile incarcerates

Director and President, 2013-2015
Friends of Ballona Wetlands (501(c)(3)), Los Angeles, CA