Ben McDearmon

Ben McDearmon

Council on Foundations

Director, Legal Resources

202-991-2225

Ben is the Council's Director of Legal Resources. He is responsible for guiding the legal team's work and provides legal education, information, and analysis on a wide range of issues to community foundations, corporate grantmakers, private foundations, and other philanthropic organizations. He also serves as a legal reviewer for the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations program and as a contributing editor to Mastering Foundation Law: The Council on Foundations Compendium of Legal Resources. 

Ben is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia and holds a J.D. from the Washington & Lee University School of Law and a B.A. in English from the University of Richmond. 

You should contact Ben with legal questions and for information about the Council's legal resources and trainings.