Rumford Resident Elizabeth O. Manchester Honored with Dr. William A. McDonnell Award

Providence, RI, February 13, 2025 – Partridge Snow & Hahn (PSH), a full-service business law and litigation firm, announces that Elizabeth O. Manchester has received the 2025 Dr. William A. McDonnell Award from Providence College. Named for one of the college's most devoted volunteers, the award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing the institution. Manchester and her husband Bernard were both honored during a ceremony on February 12th.

Manchester, a magna cum laude graduate of Providence College, holds both a B.A. and an M.B.A. from the institution. She is an active member of the President’s Council and serves as an adjunct professor of business law.

As Chair of the PSH Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Practice Group, Manchester represents tax-exempt entities, centered on compliance, formation, charitable gift planning issues and best practices. She has extensive experience assisting institutions with the inception of planned giving programs, as well as corporate governance matters and maintenance of tax-exempt status. Manchester advises charitable institutions and institutions of higher learning about tax benefits available to donors, to assist in discussions with donors to appropriately advance the organization’s mission.

Serving as external general counsel for public charities and private foundations, Manchester advises nonprofits regarding board education and training, fiduciary obligation advice, compliance, donor representation, endowment fund management, finance, Form 990, reporting issues, governance, joint ventures, affiliations and litigation prevention. In addition, she advises nonprofits regarding managing bequests and complex gifts for organizations, mergers and acquisitions, obtaining and maintaining tax exemptions, policies, political and lobbying restrictions and tax.