How To Form A Nonprofit Corporation In California (how To Form A Nonprofit Corporation In California, 9th Ed)

* community service groups * schools * art studios * dance and music groups * religious organizations and churches * environmental and activist groups Most organizations trying to gain legal nonprofit status don't have the money to pay a lawyer thousands of dollars for help. Fortunately, they don't have to. In this definitive guide for anyone who wants to start a nonprofit organization in California, corporation expert Attorney Anthony Mancuso shows you step by step how to form and operate a tax-exempt corporation. How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California includes complete instructions for obtaining federal 501(c)(3) tax-exemption and for qualifying for public charity status with the IRS. It also provides: * line-by-line instructions for completing your IRS tax exemption application * instructions and completed sample clauses for preparing Articles of Incorporation * ready-to-use bylaws for membership and non-membership nonprofits * ready-to-use minutes for the organizational meeting * state sheets with California's specific nonprofit legal and tax requirements This 9th edition has been revised to include the most up-to-date tax and legal information, and it includes all the forms for articles, bylaws and minutes, both as tear-outs and on a CD-ROM. This definitive guide to forming a nonprofit corporation in California is also available in a handy new format: a corporate records binder. Look up The California Nonprofit Corporation Kit for more details. Used by artists, architects, activists and anyone else interested in forming a nonprofit corporation, this Nolo bestseller delivers the goods. It guides readers through the steps necessary to obtain Federal 501(c)(3) status in order to qualify for:

• federal and state income tax exemptions
• tax deductible contributions from donors
• public and private funding
• limited personal liability for directors, officers and members of the nonprofit

• The book also explains how to qualify as a public charity, prepare and file nonprofit corporation Articles and Bylaws and prepare the minutes of organizational meetings.

  This Nolo bestseller guides readers through the steps necessary to obtain Federal 501(c)(3) status in order to qualify for:-- federal and state income tax exemptions-- tax deductible contributions from donors-- public and private funding-- limited personal liability for directors, officers and members of the nonprofitIncludes a cross-platform CD-ROM brimming with forms, such as the latest federal tax exemption and state FTB tax exemption application forms.