Religious liberty must be proactive, not reactive.

Securing religious liberty is a proactive activity, as most legal battles are already won or lost outside the courtroom. We educate leaders on the steps they must take now in order to ensure their nonprofits can avoid litigation, compliance-focused attacks, and unforced errors in the public square.

Our Vision & Mission

Napa Legal is changing the game for faith-based nonprofits. By providing corporate, tax, philanthropic, and other strategic education, we equip nonprofits with the tools and resources they need so they can protect their organizations and achieve their missions.

Join us as we work towards a more vibrant and robust civil society, where people of faith can flourish.

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Our Story

Any faith-based organization’s religious freedom depends on its legal governance and compliance.

Failure to practice proper compliance can lead to heavy fines, ruinous lawsuits, loss of tax-exempt status, and more. Entrepreneur Tim Busch and attorney John Peiffer understood this through years of supporting faith-based nonprofits through philanthropy, volunteer work, and professional service. Tim and John also understood that while there are several religious organizations helping religious freedom win inside the courtroom, there did not yet exist an organization to support religious liberty outside the courtroom with an exclusive focus on nonprofit sophistication.

Our Board of Directors

Timothy R. Busch

Chairman of the Board

John C. Peiffer II

Vice Chairman of the Board

Leonard Leo

Chairman of CRC Advisors

Father Dominic Legge, O.P.

Director of the Thomistic Institute

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki

Ninth Bishop of Springfield in Illinois

Stephen C. Payne

Dean of the Columbus School of Law and Knights of Columbus Professor of Law

Mark Rienzi

President and CEO of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

Board Members Emeriti

Alan Sears

Founder of Alliance Defending Freedom and ADF International

Amy Shepard

Special Advisor to Arizona State University’s Center for American Institutions

Bill Mumma

Board Chairman of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

Bishop Robert Vasa

Sixth Bishop of Santa Rosa

Mike Warsaw

Chairman of the Board & CEO of EWTN Global Catholic Network

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The nonprofit account with the most benefits

All Access members will have access to Napa Legal’s templates, toolkits, whitepapers, as well as special resources like the Multi-State Compliance Matrix and Bylaws: Context and Clarifications