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Our company offers professional business filing services that ensure your
company documents and applications are accurately filed and in compliance.
A non-profit organization (abbreviated as NPO, also known as a not-for-profit organization) is an organization that does not distribute its excess profits to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals.
Non-profit organizations are established for a variety of purposes, most commonly charitable, educational, or religious. Some common examples are schools, hospitals, houses of worship, museums, fraternal organizations, food banks, homeless shelters, trade unions, and other volunteer organizations. Non-profit organizations must be organized as either trusts, associations, or corporations.
Forming your non-profit organization as a corporation, instead of a trust or an association, will offers you all the same benefits as a for-profit corporation. The most significant benefit is limited liability protection for the officers, directors, and shareholders of the corporation, so that their bank accounts, homes, and other personal assets cannot be used to satisfy the debts and liabilities of the non-profit corporation.
The main advantages of a non-profit corporation over a for-profit company are exemptions from State and Federal income tax and property tax (although the exemptions must be applied for separately). There also some other, smaller benefits, such as reduced rates at the U.S. Postal Service.
Unlike for-profit corporations, non-profits cannot distribute any profits to their members, contribute money to political campaigns, or engage in political lobbying, except in very limited circumstances.
Even after a non-profit is formed, the company must observe many formalities and make timely filings with the IRS. Non-profit corporations are required to observe all of the same corporate formalities as their for-profit counterparts, including holding regular meetings of the board of directors and recording the minutes of these meetings.
In addition, non-profit corporations are required to keep books and records detailing all activities, both financial and non-financial. Financial information, particularly information on the sources of support (contributions, grants, sponsorships, and other sources of revenue) is crucial to determining an organization’s private foundation status.
Any non-profit qualified under Section 501(c)(3) exemption must file an annual information return: Form 990, Form 990-EZ, Form 990-PF or Form N-990. Each State also has it’s own filing requirements for non-profit corporations. We recommend consulting an accountant about these filings. Finally, all 501(c)(3) non-profits are required to have a Federal Tax ID (EIN) number, regardless of whether they have any employees.
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