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.