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Get Your Non-profit Up And Running: 4 Things To Do First

Have you ever had an idea you can see so clearly, so precisely, that you know it has to be shared with the rest of your community, state, country, or even the whole world? You’ve probably thought about starting a non-profit organization as a way to turn your dream into a reality.

It’s important to remember that a non-profit organization is a business, just like all the for-profit companies out there. You should think like a CEO right from the start. With the proper tools and support, you can start giving back to your community and changing lives. In this post, we’ll explore four things you should do as you make plans to get your non-profit organization up and running.

April 15, 2019 No Comments

Fingerprinting for Nonprofit Volunteer Background Checks

A nonprofit can never be too careful when screening its employees and volunteers. As such, more are conducting due diligence on their employees and volunteers. This is particularly true for those that serve vulnerable populations like children, the elderly, or abuse victims. Part of that diligence is having the volunteer fingerprinted for a background check. If your organization is considering adding this step to its due diligence, do you know where to go for fingerprint background checks?

March 25, 2019 No Comments

Sharing Employees

When affiliated nonprofits work closely together, it is often cost effective to have some shared staff. When structuring shared staffing arrangements, it is important to carefully consider and document how costs will be allocated between the organization. Common arrangements include employee leasing and employee loan arrangements.

July 15, 2017 No Comments

Starting a Nonprofit in Washington State

Once a potential founder has read our post on Nonprofit Business Planning “ Steal All the Underpants, and has determined that a new nonprofit organization would serve a legitimate need in the community and can be supported without stealing any underpants, she must then consider the steps necessary to form the nonprofit corporation in Washington State and obtain tax-exemption from the IRS.

September 7, 2016 No Comments

Nonprofit Tax

Accepting Donations Prior to Exemption

Newly formed charities often encounter a chicken and egg problem. They wish to begin their operations before they receive formal approval of their tax-exempt status but they can’t attract funding until they receive their federal 501(c)(3) determination.

August 12, 2016 No Comments

Starting a nonprofit

Nonprofit Law Jargon Buster – What is an NGO?

In practice, a NGO is an organization that is neither a part of a government nor a conventional for-profit business. Therefore, NGO is a broad term that encompasses traditional private nonprofits as well as many other forms of mission-based organizations.

March 31, 2016 No Comments

Responding to Form 1023 Information Requests

The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has modified the rules that apply to requests for additional information from the IRS Exempt Organizations Determinations unit (“EO

November 29, 2015 No Comments

Starting a nonprofit

Name Change – How to Do it Right

Exempt organizations that wish to change their name often secure a trade name or do business under a fictitious name. Presumably they opt to use a fictitious name rather than formally change their name because they believe a legal name change is too much trouble or they don’t know how to accomplish it. . . . A better approach is to change the organization’s legal name with both state and federal authorities to present a unified and cohesive brand to donors and supporters.

October 29, 2015 No Comments

Starting a nonprofit

Nonprofits and Affiliated Entities

There are many reasons nonprofit organizations find it in their mutual best interest to work together to deliver services.

April 21, 2015 No Comments

Starting a nonprofit

Get Your Non-profit Up And Running: 4 Things To Do First

Fingerprinting for Nonprofit Volunteer Background Checks

Sharing Employees

Starting a Nonprofit in Washington State

Accepting Donations Prior to Exemption

Nonprofit Law Jargon Buster – What is an NGO?

Responding to Form 1023 Information Requests

Name Change – How to Do it Right

Nonprofits and Affiliated Entities

How to Keep your Non-Profit Compliant in All 50 States

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