How to Start, Run & Grow a Successful Nonprofit Organization: DIY Startup Guide to 501 C(3) Nonprofit Charitable Organization for All 50 States & DC (Unabridged‪)‬

How to Start, Run & Grow a Successful Nonprofit Organization: DIY Startup Guide to 501 C(3) Nonprofit Charitable Organization for All 50 States & DC

This is one of the most comprehensive guides you will find on how to start, run and grow a 501© nonprofit organization. I worked 23 years as a consultant for many small to medium size nonprofit organizations. My primary job was to show them the actual step-by-step process on how to open such charitable organizations properly and legally.

Many nonprofit organizations run into various legal and tax problems if and when they don’t take the right steps when opening and filling their paperwork with their state and Federal government. It is not rocket science, but there are few minor details that you have to know and follow to avoid significant setbacks and issues in the future.

In this guide, I cover the basics of starting a nonprofit organization (NPO). I show you a detailed step-by-step process of fulfilling each and every requirement by your state and the federal government. I also added provisions for all 50 US states and for the District of Columbia.

Please look through the table of contents before hitting the “Buy” Button to make sure I covered the information you are looking for.

At a glance, this is what I covered in this guide:


What is a nonprofit
Types of nonprofit entities
Why you should start a nonprofit
For-profit vs. nonprofit
Advantages & disadvantages of starting a nonprofit
The startup checklist
Establishing the bylaws
How to develop a conflict of interest policy
Filing articles of incorporation
Legal requirements
How to actually become tax exempt
Building the staff
Nonprofit governance
Officers/board of directors
CEO & executive directors
Staff and volunteers
Classifying employees
How to recruit volunteers
How to pay your employees
Fundraising basics
Fundraising compliance
Online fundraising
Registration requirements, applications, exemptions, and renewal
Professional fundraising
Co-venture and cause Marketing
Charitable gaming licensing and permits
How to host gaming events
Renewing gaming license
Charitable gift annuity registration requirements by state
Ongoing compliance


Appendix - 1


Filing requirements for all 50 states & DC


Appendix - 2


List of required governance for all 50 states & DC


Appendix - 3


Tax exemptions by state for all 50 states & DC


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