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Here is one way to start a nonprofit organization in the USA.Nonprofit organizations generally must have a board of directors. Find three or more other people who have knowledge, skills, and abilities that can help the organization and are willing to serve on the board of directors to oversee the organization.Hold the first official meeting of your organization’s board of directors. Elect a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. The president will lead the organization and organize meetings. The vice president leads when the president is unavailable. The treasurer is in charge of overseeing the finances of the organization, preparing financial reports, and making sure all returns are filed promptly with governmental agencies. The secretary keeps important documents and records minutes of meetings. Determine the organization’s mission, vision, and methods of fundraising. Determine who will accept mail on the organization’s behalf (registered agent). Determine what resources (financial and otherwise) the organization needs to fulfill its mission. Prepare the organization’s first year’s budget.Formally incorporate the organization. It is virtually always best to incorporate in the state in which the organization primarily operates. For example, to incorporate in Virginia, you could complete a Form SCC819 (Articles of Incorporation) to incorporate, and send it to the Virginia State Corporation Commission with a $70 filing fee. After preparing the Articles of Incorporation, have a formal vote to adopt the Articles of Incorporation. (Keep in mind that most states use the term “non-stock corporation” instead of nonprofit organization)Write the organization’s bylaws. Bylaws detail how the organization operates. Bylaws generally include the name of the organization, the mission of the organization, the officers that the organization will have, the duties of each officer, how officers are elected, how long officers serve, whether there will be members of the organization and membership dues to be paid by members, when meetings will be held, how meetings will be conducted, how the organization’s finances will be managed, what fiscal year the organization will use, how often financial reports will be prepared and presented, how the bylaws may be amended, indemnification of officers, whether the officers will be compensated for their work, whether the organization may have any paid employees, a conflict of interest policy, a nondiscrimination policy, what happens if an officer resigns, and what happens if the organization ceases to exist. After writing the bylaws, have a formal vote to adopt the bylaws. (Keep in mind that, many nonprofit organizations are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations so that donors’ contributions are tax-deductible. If this applies to your organization, then the IRS requires certain language in the organization’s bylaws regarding the organization’s purpose and provisions upon its dissolution. See Part III in IRS Form 1023 for more information. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...)When the state writes back to you to say the organization is officially organized, apply for a federal tax identification number (sometimes called an EIN) for the organization. The organization can apply with the Internal Revenue Service through its web site, https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/apply-for-an-employer-identification-number-ein-online When the IRS assigns the organizations the number, keep the IRS notification in a safe place.Decide which bank the organization will have a bank account, and open a corporate checking account there. The bank will ask to see the letter of incorporation from the state and the secretary’s minutes from the meeting when officers were elected. It will probably also need the organization’s federal tax identification number and certain information about the organization’s officers.If the organization will have paid employees working in the USA, it will need to withhold federal tax, social security tax, Medicare tax, and possibly state tax from the wages of the employees. The organization will need to register with the appropriate state agency for state withholding tax if the state taxes employment wages (all states except New Hampshire, Tennessee, Florida, Texas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Washington, Nevada, and Alaska). A few local jurisdictions have local tax on employees’ wages as well. The organization will probably also need to register to pay state unemployment tax on employees’ wages in the states in which employees perform work. All states have state unemployment tax. The organization will need to register with the appropriate state agency for state unemployment tax. The organization will also need to pay federal unemployment tax on employees’ wages unless it is exempt (generally only 501(c)(3) organizations are exempt). Makes sure the organization know how and when to remit the various taxes to the appropriate governmental agencies. The organization may need to obtain private workers compensation insurance as well in accordance with the state law in which employees perform work. Other insurance may be either required or highly advisable. An insurance broker may be able to help with obtaining private insurance.Forty states require a nonprofit organization to apply to solicit charitable contributions from its residents. For example, Virginia requires an organization to register with Form 102 along with a $100 initial filing fee. There is also an annual renewal and filing fee of between $30 and $325 per year thereafter. http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/pd... Alternatively, certain organizations can file a Form 100 instead with a $10 filing fee. http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/pd... (The ten states that do not require this type of registration are Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas (in most cases), Vermont, and Wyoming.) When the state approves the organization’s charitable solicitation registration, the organization can begin asking individuals, corporations, and other nonprofit organizations located in that state for charitable contributions.Generally, within 27 months of formation, the organization should apply for 501(c)(3) recognition from the Internal Revenue Service using either Form 1023 ( https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...) or Form 1023-EZ ( https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...), if the organization seeks 501(c)(3) status. Very small organizations need not apply, but almost all other organizations should. The filing fee is $600 for most organizations; organizations who file a Form 1023-EZ are eligible to pay $275 instead. The Internal Revenue Service often takes six to nine months to process and approve the application, but sometimes it can take as little as four weeks. Sometimes the IRS will ask for further information. When the IRS sends a letter recognizing the organization’s 501(c)(3) status, do a little dance, and keep the letter in a safe place. Also keep a copy of the Form 1023 or Form 1023-EZ that was filed. Some donors may want to see them, an organization is required to show it to a person to requests to see it. Determination of the organization’s 501(c)(3) status is typically made retroactive to the organization’s date of formation. Other types of tax-exemption are often applied for with Form 1024 instead.File a Form 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, or 990-N with the IRS every year, within four months fifteen days of the end of the organization’s fiscal year. Keep copies of previously filed forms in case a member of the public asks to see them. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...(Alternatively, if your organization wants to file as a different type of nonprofit, it may want to file a Form 1024 with the IRS instead. A few types of nonprofit organizations can self-designate itself tax-exempt under certain circumstances, but it is important to look carefully into this if the organization wants to go this route. Keep in mind that donations to organizations that do not have 501(c)(3) status are almost never tax-deductible to the donor. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...)Good luck!

I answered a similar question about how to start a non profit. My answer was less about all the paperwork (though it did address some of the paperwork in part) but instead it focused more on why you want a 501c3 in the first place and do you really need one. If you are just doing small fundraising it may not be necessary.Here’s my prior answer to “how to create a non profit”:You can do it the easy way, the hard way, or in between:The Easy Way: You don’t need any “paperwork” and don't need to create a company, or any new "entity" at all. You can fundraise on behalf of other charities using a fundraising website like www.CrowdRise.com, www.FirstGiving.com, etc. You set up your own fundraising page on one of these sites, send your donors to the fundraising page. The donation goes directly to the charity (and the donor gets a tax receipt). You can track how much you raised in total, and who has donated/paid). If you are requiring a minimum donation as the “entry fee” for an event (like a chess tournament), you can see who “paid” via a donation.In Between: You can form a non-profit corporation. There are online services that can form this entity for you, including www.LegalZoom.com and www.mycorporation.com. They can do all the paperwork for you, for about $100-300 or you can do it yourself for free. I recommend using one of these services because they can also send you reminders each year when renewals are due and provide other related, helpful services. Either way, there’s another $50-250 in state filing fees. There are also small filing fees every year to renew. Make sure you form a non-profit corporation. This is pretty quick and can be up and running in a few days.Benefits: (1) Pretty easy. (2) You get to have a "title" like "CEO" or "President" of a company.Drawbacks: (1) Cost. (2) Paperwork: Annual renewals and filing fees required. (3) More Paperwork: You will have to file company tax returns each year (assuming your revenues are low enough, this will likely be just a simple online form 990N e-postcard). (4) It’s not a full 501(c)(3), which may be required by some corporate donors (see below). Also, if you are not a 501(c)(3), your profits will not be tax exempt (but that’s not a problem, because you will not have any profits if you plan to donate virtually all the money you raise to a charity).For more info see https://www.councilofnonprofits....and https://nonprofithub.org/human-r...The Hard Way: After you have formed your non-profit corporation (above), if you wish to get 501(c)(3) tax status from the IRS, you have to file an IRS form 1023EZ. (I’m assuming you will qualify for the EZ version of the form – more on this below). This may be important once you start to seek larger corporate donors because some potential corporate donors will only donate if you have 501(c)(3) status and they have seen your certificate to prove it. Legal Zoom will charge you $600 to complete the form for you, but you can fill out the form yourself for free (see link below). If you do it yourself, it takes a bit of work. Either way, there's a $400 filing fee directly with the IRS (for the EZ form; about double that for the regular form 1023). There's a long lag time after you apply before you hear back from the IRS with a decision - it may take several months before you hear back. For very small non-profits, it should be pretty easy to get approved.Benefits: (1) Makes it easier to get donors and sponsors. (2) Donations to you are tax deductible. (2) Gives you tax exempt status (unlikely to be relevant unless and until you have large profits).Drawbacks: (1) Cost. (2) Time lag. (3) Additional annual filings.You can find the relevant IRS forms and instructions here: http://www.irs.gov/uac/Form-1023,-Application-for-Recognition-of-Exemption-Under-Section-501(c)(3)-of-the-Internal-Revenue-CodeAssuming you plan to raise only small amounts (currently less than $50,000 per year), and meet the other qualifications, you can file a streamlined IRS form 1023EZ. To see if you qualify for the EZ version, look at this checklist/worksheet posted by the IRS here (see section titled “who can file this form”): https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/...Be sure to save your letter from the IRS granting 501c3 status. Scan it into your computer. You’ll need to show this to many potential donors and sponsors.After you have been granted 501c3 status, be sure to register your charity as a 501c3 on https://www.charitynavigator.orgHomepages:Whichever level you chose, you may want to have a web presence, such as your own website, and/or social media home pages such as on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. Some website builders that are easy to use include Weebly, WordPress, Wix, SquareSpace, GoDaddy, SiteBuilder, etc. We don’t recommend any one of them over the other – this is more a matter of personal preference. Many are easy to use even for novices. They have drag and drop tools and no coding knowledge is required.

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