Jane Wilton
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Position: General Counsel
Organization: The New York Community Trust
Location: New York, NY
Jane Wilton is a member of the Legal Framework Work Group.
Jane Wilton is general counsel of The New York Community Trust, the country's largest community foundation, with over $1.8 billion in assets. She is responsible for a broad range of legal issues, including charitable contributions, donor-advised funds, board governance issues, unrelated business income tax, foreign grantmaking, commercial co-ventures, lobbying, and fiduciary duties of trusts and charitable corporations. Prior to joining the trust in 1992, she was in private tax practice at a New York City law firm. Ms. Wilton is the author of The New York Community Trust's Professional Notes series, and has lectured on various subjects involving charities and planned giving. She holds a B.A. from Michigan State University, a J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law, and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University.