Title: How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California Pdf
"Includes examples of typical forms and formats for preparing the incorporating documents." San Francisco Examiner "A useful resource to help you get underway." Entrepreneur "Nolo is a pioneer in both consumer and business self-help books and software.” Los Angeles Times By forming a nonprofit, your organization gains recognition, saves money, becomes eligible for grants, and you can protect your members and directors from liability. Learn how to do it in California with this definitive guide, complete with:
Tens of thousands of arts groups, educators, social service agencies, environmental groups, and others have used this bestselling book to form their California nonprofit. Your group can, too.
Obtaining 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status is a lot easier now with the IRS Form 1023-EZ streamlined application. Use this book to form your California nonprofit corporation and obtain your federal and state tax exemptions. We provide step-by-step instructions for both the longer IRS Form 1023 and the streamlined IRS Form 1023-EZ application.
How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California shows you how to:
- choose a legal name
- prepare articles of incorporation
- create your bylaws
- obtain federal and state tax-exempt status
- prepare minutes for your organizational meeting
- establish a corporate records book, and
- handle postincorporation filings and tasks.
With Downloadable Forms
The latest forms are included both in the book and online at Nolo.com (details inside).
Excellent Step by Step Guide to Forming Your Non-Profit This book is an excellent step by step guide for starting your non-profit corporation in California. The author does a lot of hand holding, which is especially helpful when it comes to filing your 1023 with the IRS which establishes your tax exempt status as a 501(c)(3) organization.So here is what you will get out of the book:1)Should you form a non-profit or a regular business?He discusses the advantages and disadvanges of a non-profit.2)501(c)(3)- What is it, do you qualify?He goes in to detail on if your organization's purpose and activities qualifies you as a 501(c)(3) non-profit with all of its tax advantages. This is a key and important consideration. He also goes into the detail about the structure of your organization- the directors, officers, and how officer's/director's salaries and family affliations might affect non-profit status. He gives plenty of examples, which I found very helpful.(3)Step by Step filing of articles of incorporation with the State of California.He gives sample articles of incorporation for "public benefit corporations", which a general category as well as religious corporations. He give plenty of information on how to modify these articles to your individual needs.(4)Step by Step creation of Bylaws. Again, discussion of each point in the bylaws with suggestions for modification to suit your needs.(5)Filing for tax exempt status with the State of California and the IRS. This is potentially the most daunting part of the process, but I found that he takes you through it slowly, step by step, to make it as painless as possible although I am sure it is still a somewhat painful process.(6)Finally he takes you through how to keep corporate records, and conducting your first board of directors meetings.All of the forms, sample bylaws, articles of incorporation, IRS instructions, etc. are found on the CD rom that comes with the book.What the book doesn't provide:--Some practical and common questions did remain unanswered. For example, Lets say you pour seed money into a non-profit corporation, from your own pocket, to pay for travel, meetings, conferences and other promotional activity. Is this tax deductable to you?--Doesn't offer very much guidance of where there are free university and other resources for new non-profits. This would have been very helpful.Perhaps both of these like that are beyond the scope of the book.If you are looking for a book that will give you an very good understanding the structure of a non-profit corporation and a practical step by step guide of how to form one and fill out the proper paperwork, I highly recommend this book.Clear bureaucracy? Who'd have imagined! I and some school friends decided to start a non-profit in California, but none of us has a business or legal background. Fortunately, this workbook has all the necessary steps and describes the appropriate forms to go with them. Better yet, there are tips, examples, and suggestions to help guide your selection of those options which are relevant to your organization and make sure you've done everything you need to. Our experience thus far has been good, and this book has been a major contributor to that effort. Note that this book is updated frequently to keep abreast of changes in procedures or forms by the State of California; the current edition is #15. I naively bought an older version, but a website link is provided where one can check for any changes since each edition has been printed. Even the current edition will be outdated within a year or two; but by virtue of the website you can keep whatever edition you buy up-to-date.I'm a lawyer, and this was a big help. I volunteered to do the legal work for a start-up nonprofit a friend wanted to form. I'm a lawyer, but never did either tax or corporate law. The book if full of practical information you won't find in the IRS instructions. But do read those instructions, VERY carefully.
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