yea,,, but i fergot ,,, ummmmmmm lol lookit up online,,,, or i could ,,, but am too lazy rite now,,,n if you did then you could remind me
I did but I was wondering what u have to do to create one involving the organizations purpose being sustainable living? would it just be like a community help organization?
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh,,,,ummmmmmmmmmm mannnnnnnnnnnnnnn i can look and holler back,,,, too be honest i am a bit past ummmmm high flow brain rate activities at the moment,,, n would prolly give you the wrong info n all n then would feel bad fer doin so when i realized how dumb i had been
right on I just finally got to looking over your sight by the way, and I have to say way to be on that mission statement, thats the kind of philosophy I love to see, liberation from the basterds of babylon is key.
hey chad, we are going to be doing the same thing, so i asked our friend in N.C. who is already doing it and i have copied her response here for you, keep in touch buddy: check out our forum on yahoo, there is a link on our site www.co-operativeeffort.com ---all our respect-rabbit Ok, this is how I've launched this nonprofit. I sat down and did a visioning process for about two solid weeks. Then I did almost four solid months of research concerning every aspect of nonprofit organization, management, and survival. Then I spent about two weeks hammering out our corporate constitution, our mission statements, a brief rough draft of our bylaws, a strategic plan, an estimated budget with fiscal management plans, descriptions of our proposed programs and activities, our explicit goals, measurable objectives, and instruments for assessment and evaluation. That's just the tip of the iceberg. I tell you this because this is the information required to complete the 501c3 papers. Most nonprofits wait about 15 months to establish themselves so they can report a solid record of success, which makes 501c3 approval much more likely. You have to decide for yourself what your ultimate goals way down the road are in order to determine if 501c3 is for you. It's certainly not a necessary thing to do. The most important situation where you would benefit from this status is if you have some big benefactors and/or fundraisers, like if you're going to shoot above the $250,000 mark. I foresee us not only acquiring valuable resources including land and vehicles, but also eventually becoming a Foundation that receives large grants and then kicks them down as smaller grants to empower grassroots community building, Rainbow style projects, and much more. I have all the information I need to file for 501c3 status, but I'm saving it until I have filed some tax forms, assembled a Board of Directors, hired Officers and staff, and all that. I simply filed our Articles of Incorporation with the NC Secretary of State, filed to Register our Business Name, got and Employee Identification Number, used that number to open a bank account for the nonprofit, and filed various other piddly, beauracratic forms they require here. If you know any nice lawyers, especially if they're experienced with nonprofit law, then they'd probably advise you for free as part of their public service requirement they oblige themselves to when they take their oaths. We just walked into an office right off the street and it turned out really well. I hope this helps you. I would just begin searching on the Internet with the key words "nonprofit" and "501c3". You'll be barraged with a wealth of information, all of it good as far as I can see. Take care and take it easy friends.
There should be some info on your state's website as far as technicalities go, probably in the secretary of state section. I just started a for profit corporation in colorado and remember seeing some of the non-profit info around.
you may want to check into your state laws ...not sure on the current laws but i know at one time .... it wa listed that a non-profit org. and a church was also able to have a for profit business as long as profits were shown to go to said org. ... and also a church has even more perks.... as long as your an ordained minister and have a church charter all of which can be obtained through ULC ... then even big brother cannot enter a church even with warrant ... lmao
