Nonprofit Links: Starting A Nonprofit Organization
50 State Nonprofit Startup Guide - This guide from Harbor Compliance will help you choose a nonprofit structure, file formation documents, register for taxes, and register for fundraising in all 50 states.
501(c)(3) - To Be or Not to Be? - For most fledgling organizations, the process of forming a nonprofit corporation is fraught with confusion. To help demystify these complicated procedures, attorney Anthony Mancuso has written a step-by-step guide that lays out the basic principles of nonprofit incorporation. Appeared in Summer 1996 issue of The Grantsmanship Center Magazine.
BoardSource: Q & A - BoardSource provides valuable information on the roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit board in its Q & A section. This section includes sample job descriptions for a board Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer
How to Start a Nonprofit: Sample Bylaws - An excellent sample document for would-be nonprofits, by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.
IRS - From the IRS - Tax Information for Charities & Other Non-Profits
National Association of Secretaries of State - Includes a list of links by state for the Secretary of State. This is the office where you would typically file Articles of Incorporation for a nonprofit organization.
Unified Registration Statement (URS) - An effort to consolidate the information and data requirements of all states that require registration of nonprofit organizations performing charitable solicitations within their jurisdictions.
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