How to establish a non-profit

If you are going to do it yourself the Nolo Press Book How to Incorporate your non-profit is a good resource. It has all the forms you will need on a disk. The aprox. cost is $150.

The lead time is aprox. 30 days and cost $30.

If you would like people to be able to write off the contributions to your non-profit you will need to become a 501C-3. For non-profits that receive donations of less than $10,000 a year the yearly cost to continue them is $150. If you are receiving donations of over $10,000 a year you will have a yearly cost of $450.

You will need to apply for the non-profit status and any donations that you receive will be retroactive to the date of filing once you recieve your approval. For example if it takes 8 months to receive the approval you will be retroactive to the filing date.

Some notable non profits are:
Sergio Gomez who orginizes groups to Mexico to build houses.
Habitat for Humanity

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