Instructions Charitable Organization Registration: Fill & Download for Free

In the US, “NGO” typically refers to nonprofit 501c3 organizations. Registration generally has three components:Forming the organization under the laws of a state by filing the relevant documents with the relevant authority in the state; procedures can vary slightly from state to state — generally, check out the state’s Secretary of State website.Filing Form 1023, the application dor recognition as a 501c3 oeganization, with the IRS (US taxation authority). 1023-EZ, if you qualify, is an online form — check IRS website. Otherwise, download the Form-1023 instructions and follow them (also on the IRS website).Registering as a charity in most states where fundraising activities will be carried out. Google “charitable registration [state]” for instructions. Also helpful is the Unified Registration Statement, available at: Unified Registration Statement Kit

Like any nonprofit, assess what is already available in your community. Can you affiliate with a current agency to offer classes or tutoring in a specific area while taking advantage of their training, infrastructure and resources?If you decide to go ahead, connect with ProLiteracy, the Coalition for Adult Basic Education (Mission) and any state professional agency. Connect with a literacy council in a neighboring area. (Edit: one local to you: Literacy Program. CCAE is your state organization. (Home))The contacts listed can give you advice on best practices, instructional materials, teaching techniques and evaluation. These are key for both funding and the success of your students. Teaching adults is very, very different from teaching children.Beyond that, you will follow the steps for forming any nonprofit:What is the quantifiable need in your community? (The orgs listed above can help with this.)If there is another org in your city, how will you differentiate yourself?What is your business and strategic plan?Who are target funders?How will you attract, train and support volunteers?How will you let clients know you are out there?Where will your organization be housed? Where will it deliver services?What legalities and registrations are needed?How do I start a nonprofit organization?Starting a Nonprofit | USAGovCharitable Organizations | Internal Revenue Service

A good prosecutor would also “upcharge” to the max, and then offer to accept a plea of guilty to a lesser charge, like failure to register as a foreign agent. Consider the law of “Treason:18 U.S. Code § 2381 - TreasonWhoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.One can argue that the Trump campaign members did not “owe allegiance to the United States,” or that Russia is not one of our “enemies,” but who wants to risk conviction of that charge?Now, as far as 18 U.S.C. 2386 is concerned (see below), the question is whether covertly attempting to influence an election for the President of the United States is equivalent with “control by force.” A court might rule that, because this assistance was conducted in secret, and thus exhibited a willful intent to control the U.S. Government, or a subdivision (the Presidency) by improper means, the Trump campaign failed to file properly with the Department of Justice, and anyone with knowledge of that fact working in the Trump campaign is subject to fine and imprisonment.18 U.S. Code § 2386 - Registration of certain organizations(A)For the purposes of this section:“Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States;“Organization” means any group, club, league, society, committee, association, political party, or combination of individuals, whether incorporated or otherwise, but such term shall not include any corporation, association, community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes;“Political activity” means any activity the purpose or aim of which, or one of the purposes or aims of which, is the control by force or overthrow of the Government of the United States or a political subdivision thereof, or any State or political subdivision thereof;An organization is engaged in “civilian military activity” if:(1) it gives instruction to, or prescribes instruction for, its members in the use of firearms or other weapons or any substitute therefor, or military or naval science; or(2) it receives from any other organization or from any individual instruction in military or naval science; or(3) it engages in any military or naval maneuvers or activities; or(4) it engages, either with or without arms, in drills or parades of a military or naval character; or(5) it engages in any other form of organized activity which in the opinion of the Attorney General constitutes preparation for military action;An organization is “subject to foreign control” if:(a) it solicits or accepts financial contributions, loans, or support of any kind, directly or indirectly, from, or is affiliated directly or indirectly with, a foreign government or a political subdivision thereof, or an agent, agency, or instrumentality of a foreign government or political subdivision thereof, or a political party in a foreign country, or an international political organization; or(b) its policies, or any of them, are determined by or at the suggestion of, or in collaboration with, a foreign government or political subdivision thereof, or an agent, agency, or instrumentality of a foreign government or a political subdivision thereof, or a political party in a foreign country, or an international political organization.(B)(1) The following organizations shall be required to register with the Attorney General:Every organization subject to foreign control which engages in political activity;Every organization which engages both in civilian military activity and in political activity;Every organization subject to foreign control which engages in civilian military activity; andEvery organization, the purpose or aim of which, or one of the purposes or aims of which, is the establishment, control, conduct, seizure, or overthrow of a government or subdivision thereof by the use of force, violence, military measures, or threats of any one or more of the foregoing.Every such organization shall register by filing with the Attorney General, on such forms and in such detail as the Attorney General may by rules and regulations prescribe, a registration statement containing the information and documents prescribed in subsection (B)(3) and shall within thirty days after the expiration of each period of six months succeeding the filing of such registration statement, file with the Attorney General, on such forms and in such detail as the Attorney General may by rules and regulations prescribe, a supplemental statement containing such information and documents as may be necessary to make the information and documents previously filed under this section accurate and current with respect to such preceding six months’ period. Every statement required to be filed by this section shall be subscribed, under oath, by all of the officers of the organization.(2) This section shall not require registration or the filing of any statement with the Attorney General by:(a) The armed forces of the United States; or(b) The organized militia or National Guard of any State, Territory, District, or possession of the United States; or(c) Any law-enforcement agency of the United States or of any Territory, District or possession thereof, or of any State or political subdivision of a State, or of any agency or instrumentality of one or more States; or(d) Any duly established diplomatic mission or consular office of a foreign government which is so recognized by the Department of State; or(e)Any nationally recognized organization of persons who are veterans of the armed forces of the United States, or affiliates of such organizations.(3) Every registration statement required to be filed by any organization shall contain the following information and documents:(a) The name and post-office address of the organization in the United States, and the names and addresses of all branches, chapters, and affiliates of such organization;(b) The name, address, and nationality of each officer, and of each person who performs the functions of an officer, of the organization, and of each branch, chapter, and affiliate of the organization;(c) The qualifications for membership in the organization;(d) The existing and proposed aims and purposes of the organization, and all the means by which these aims or purposes are being attained or are to be attained;(e) The address or addresses of meeting places of the organization, and of each branch, chapter, or affiliate of the organization, and the times of meetings;(f) The name and address of each person who has contributed any money, dues, property, or other thing of value to the organization or to any branch, chapter, or affiliate of the organization;(g) A detailed statement of the assets of the organization, and of each branch, chapter, and affiliate of the organization, the manner in which such assets were acquired, and a detailed statement of the liabilities and income of the organization and of each branch, chapter, and affiliate of the organization;(h) A detailed description of the activities of the organization, and of each chapter, branch, and affiliate of the organization;(i) A description of the uniforms, badges, insignia, or other means of identification prescribed by the organization, and worn or carried by its officers or members, or any of such officers or members;(j) A copy of each book, pamphlet, leaflet, or other publication or item of written, printed, or graphic matter issued or distributed directly or indirectly by the organization, or by any chapter, branch, or affiliate of the organization, or by any of the members of the organization under its authority or within its knowledge, together with the name of its author or authors and the name and address of the publisher;(k) A description of all firearms or other weapons owned by the organization, or by any chapter, branch, or affiliate of the organization, identified by the manufacturer’s number thereon;(l) In case the organization is subject to foreign control, the manner in which it is so subject;(m) A copy of the charter, articles of association, constitution, bylaws, rules, regulations, agreements, resolutions, and all other instruments relating to the organization, powers, and purposes of the organization and to the powers of the officers of the organization and of each chapter, branch, and affiliate of the organization; and(n)Such other information and documents pertinent to the purposes of this section as the Attorney General may from time to time require.All statements filed under this section shall be public records and open to public examination and inspection at all reasonable hours under such rules and regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe.(C) The Attorney General is authorized at any time to make, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section, including rules and regulations governing the statements required to be filed.(D) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.Whoever in a statement filed pursuant to this section willfully makes any false statement or willfully omits to state any fact which is required to be stated, or which is necessary to make the statements made not misleading, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(I), (L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)