Stay up-to-date with the latest news and developments from the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits. Read about our faculty's thought leadership, student successes, and the impact our alumni are making in the world.
Rose Chan Loui joins Rob Wilbin of 80,000 Hours to discuss the major legal threats facing OpenAI's shift from nonprofit to for-profit control. They explore the court's signals, the board's fiduciary risks, and the implications for Open AI's future.
In this efficient radio spot, Rose Chan Loui and interviewer Mike Dobuski sum up the OpenAI issues in one minute.
Founding Executive Director, Rose Chan Loui, was recently quoted in Yahoo Finance regarding Open AI's governance strategies, utilizing her expertise in nonprofit law to underscore the importance of protecting the organization's mission.
LMPN faculty discuss how Musk's action to bid on the company complicated OpenAI's transition to a completely for-profit business, which is probably exactly what he planned, even if he never anticipated his bid to be successful.
LMPN founding directors, Rose Chan Loui and Jill Horwitz, discuss legal concerns regarding OpenAI's ability to renounce its nonprofit mission without justification while restructuring.
Founding executive director, Rose Chan Loui, offered her thoughts on how Musk's offer to Open AI raises legal and governance issues that could change the course of AI in the future, making it more than just a financial decision.
Discussing Elon Musk's $97.4 billion bid for Open AI's nonprofit shareholding, Horwitz explained that "the question of the appropriate price is secondary to the question of whether the board should sell the charitable assets at all."
In recent article by The Economist, Jill Horwitz explains the fiduciary duty of Open AI's board to align with it's mission to ensure AI benefits all humanity, giving them the discretion to reject Elon Musk's unsolicited $97 billion bid.
Ellen Aprill recently contributed to a CNBC article about the process of OpenAI's board potentially receiving a formal bid from Elon Musk, and how they would have a legal obligation to review it.
In an article by AP News, Rose Chan Loui and Jill Horwitz discuss the legal complications and governance hurdles of Elon Musk's bid for Open AI and how it would impact the nonprofit mission as they attempt to transition into a for-profit model.
Ellen Aprill discusses how Open AI's nonprofit board has a fiduciary duty to sell its assets at fair market value. Musk’s $97.4 offer sets that value incredibly high, creating “an enormous complication” for OpenAI’s plan to sever its nonprofit ties.
In recent Reuters article, Rose Chan Loui highlights how rare nonprofit to for-profit transitions are outside of the healthcare sector, raising important questions about the ethics and governance of AI.
Ellen Aprill recently provided insight to Kash Patel's use of his charity to further his and Trump's own agenda by spending more on self-promotion than charitable giving.
LMPN's founding executive director, Rose Chan Loui, contributed her knowledge on nonprofit corporation governance to this piece about the ongoing legal conflicts between Elon Musk and Sam Altman surrounding Open AI's hope to transition to for-profit.
In this article, Ellen P. Aprill examines Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overturning Chevron v. NRDC, and argues that the Supreme Court's guidance on congressional delegation to administrative agencies is inconsistent and lacks clarity.
LMPN's senior scholar in residence, Ellen Aprill, was recently awarded with the Section of Taxation’s Lifetime Achievement Award to honor her distinguished teaching career, service, and scholarship in the tax sector.
LMPN's founding executive director, Rose Chan Loui, discusses Open AI's priceless control position as a nonprofit as they are set to collide with xAI's Elon Musk this year.
).png)
Senior Scholar in Residence at the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits, Ellen Aprill, was recently quoted on the Sam Altman’s dual role as CEO of OpenAI’s for-profit company and board member of its nonprofit.
Rose Chan Loui, founding executive director of the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits, discusses OpenAI’s innovative nonprofit structure and its complex balance between mission, investment, and control.
In their recent article for The Conversation, LMPN's Jill Horwitz, Rose Chan Loui, and Ellen Aprill analyze the legal and financial complexities of Open AI's proposed shift to for-profit.
Senior scholar in residence, Ellen Aprill, has been honored with the Joanne M. Garvey Award by the Taxation Section of the California Lawyers Association.
Founding executive director, Rose Chan Loui, and founding faculty director, Jill Horwitz, provided their expertise on OpenAI’s nonprofit-to-for-profit restructuring and the potential challenges in preserving charitable assets in a recent Vox article.
Rose Chan Loui and Jill Horwitz, recently spoke to Transformer News about OpenAI’s unique legal structure and the balance between nonprofit control and for-profit interests.
Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance’s appearance at a far-right Christian revival tour last month may have crossed the line into campaign intervention by charitable groups.
Artificial intelligence company, Open AI, could soon face significant challenges regarding its nonprofit roots, even as its valuation skyrockets to $157 billion.
OpenAI is exploring a shift from its nonprofit origins to a for-profit model, a move that could greatly benefit Microsoft (MSFT), its major backer. If approved, the transition would allow OpenAI to operate more like a startup, opening new opportunities for growth and investment.
OpenAI’s history as a nonprofit research institute that also sells commercial products like ChatGPT may be coming to an end as the San Francisco company looks to more fully convert itself into a for-profit corporation accountable to shareholders.
OpenAI's historically large $6.6 billion funding round is bringing in checks from some of the biggest technology and venture capital investors.
Converting from a nonprofit happens rarely, especially for organizations this wealthy. OpenAI has two years to do so.
In the latest development in the OpenAI saga, Elon Musk has, for the second time sued the group of entities known as OpenAI this time in the federal court in Northern California.
The United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit last week delivered a blow to philanthropic efforts to advance racial equity.
NBC Universal’s Karma Dickerson interviewed Executive Director Rose Chan Loui about Archewell Foundation.
People from across the UCLA School of Law community welcomed Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass to the law school on April 12 for a high-level forum on the key role that philanthropic enterprises can play in solving the homelessness crisis.
LMPN Executive Director Chan Loui, a Stanford University alumna, was awarded the Governors’ Award at a ceremony in April 2024.
Gene Takagi of NEO Law Group sums up highlights from the 27th Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations in the firm’s March 25, 2024, Nonprofit Law Blog.
LMPN Rose Chan Loui joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, whether Musk has a legitimate argument in the case, OpenAI’s for-profit interests, and more.
In this podcast by Tradeoffs, LMPN Faculty Director Jill Horwitz talks about the difference between for-profit and nonprofit hospitals.
The law school established the Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits in 2021, which has now transformed into the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits.
Los Angeles, CA – UCLA proudly announces the launch of the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits (LMPN).
LMPN Senior Scholar in Residence Ellen Aprill, Faculty Director Jill Horwitz, and Executive Director Chan Loui write about the nonprofit structure and governance of OpenAI.
Jill Horwitz and Ellen Aprill address the nonprofit law implications of donor complaints about university responses to debates and demonstrations triggered by Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel and the Israeli government’s military campaign in Gaza.
LMPN Executive Director Rose Chan Loui comments on the compliance failures of an Orange County nonprofit that was given millions of dollars of County funding.
Learn about UCLA Law professor Jill Horwitz’s work as the reporter for the Restatement of the Law
Rose Chan Loui is the inaugural Director of the Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits at UCLA School of Law.
With the philanthropy world on the precipice of revolutionary change due to the pending baby boomer wealth transfer, UCLA School of Law today announced the formation of the Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits.
