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Non-Profit and Tax-Exempt Organizations
This section contains information and resources for small business owners who are interested in forming a non-profit (tax-exempt) organization. Here you will find tips on legal issues related to non-profit organizations -- including making sure your company receives the 501(c)3) tax exemption -- and a "Non-Profit QuickStart" tool that walks you through each phase of the start-up process.
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Non-Profit Legal and Tax Basics:
- Non-Profit Basics - Overview of what it means to be a non-profit, including liability and funding issues.
- Five Reasons to Incorporate a Non-Profit Organization - Top reasons you may want to incorporate a non-profit.
- Becoming a Tax-Exempt Organization - Primer on what it takes to become a tax-exempt organization.
- Protecting Your Tax-Exempt Status - Basics of running a non-profit and maintaining tax-exempt status.
- Taxes: When Non-Profits Make a Profit - When and how profits are taxed in a non-profit organization.
- Strategic Planning for Non-Profits - Creating goals, conducting research and other aspects of strategic planning.
- How to Use Your Non-Profit's Website to Raise Funds - Nine-point plan for raising money through your website.
- Why Your Non-Profit Should Publish - How to use printed materials and web content to promote your non-profit.
- Non-Profit Volunteers - Five ways to keep volunteers engaged.
Starting a Non-Profit:
- How to Form a 501 (c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation - Overview of how to form a non-profit.
- Checklist: Starting a Non-Profit - How to start a non-profit, in 11 steps.
- Naming Your Non-Profit - Extensive resources to help you name your non-profit or business.
- Federal Start-Up Requirements - Federal regulatory requirements for new non-profits and businesses.
- State and Local Start-Up Requirements - Overview of common state and local start-up requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- Non-Profits FAQs - Answers to frequently asked questions pertaining to non-profit corporations.
- Pros and Cons of Non-Profit, Tax-Exempt Status - Benefits and drawbacks of being a non-profit.
- Non-Profit Financial Statements - Overview of non-profits' obligation to make financial statements public.
- Non-Profit Membership Class: What are Your Intentions? - Basics of voting rights among non-profit members.
Tools & Resources:
- Non-Profit Packages and Forms - Packages for starting a non-profit entity, for purchase.
- State Guide: Forms and Fees for Business Formation - Links to state-specific business formation fee information and forms.
- State Guide: Corporations Offices - Links to corporations offices in all 50 states plus Washington, D.C.
- Tax Information for Charities and Other Non-Profits - Tax updates and guides for non-profit organizations (IRS).
- USA.gov for Non-Profits - Broad array of government resources for non-profits (U.S. government).
- GuideStar - National database of non-profit organizations (GuideStar USA).
See also:
- Do You Need an Employer Identification Number? - Worksheet to help determine whether you need an EIN.
Non-Profit Organization Resources
Cost-effective forms to manage or incorporate your non-profit.
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