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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist - Applying for 501c3 status with new 1023-EZ form

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Anne Byrne , Professional-in-Residence, ASU Lodestar Center Question: I am starting a nonprofit organization and need to apply for 501c3 status. This form is significantly shorter and easier to complete than the regular application, which is a welcome change for aspiring small nonprofit organizations. Like this article?

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: Should we charge fees for our services?

ASU Lodestar Center

At the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation , we encourage organizations to diversify funding across three primary sources: traditional philanthropy, government funding, and earned income. Do you have questions about starting, governing, managing or operating a nonprofit organization? Diversify funding sources.

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: Engaging the board of directors in fundraising

ASU Lodestar Center

Effectively engaging board members in fundraising is a very common challenge for nonprofit organizations. The Board Sources’ Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards is a useful tool in affirming other board responsibilities. Do you have questions about starting, governing, managing or operating a nonprofit organization?

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: Legal protection of control within public charities

ASU Lodestar Center

I get this question or some variation of it fairly regularly, and my response is a quite lengthy description on the nature of public charities and the reality that nonprofit organizations of this type do not have owners, by design, making it impossible to legally protect an individual’s control of an organization. How can I do this?

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: Using collaborative inquiry to engage stakeholders

ASU Lodestar Center

The day-to-day work of nonprofit organizations is often so demanding, the big picture is often overlooked in response to the daily “crisis” of staying afloat. Do you have questions about starting, governing, managing or operating a nonprofit organization? Contact one of our nonprofit specialists today! One of the most.

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: How do I fill out form 1023?

ASU Lodestar Center

Question: I am starting a nonprofit organization, and I need to secure our 501(c)3 status. Forming a nonprofit organization requires a great deal of organizational development, including defining your legal structure, enlisting a board of directors, clarifying your purpose and making plans for implementation and funding, among other things.

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Ask A Nonprofit Specialist - Engaging the Board in Financial Reports

ASU Lodestar Center

Question: This question was recently posed to the ASU Lodestar Center’s “Ask a Nonprofit Specialist”: Every time the financial report is made at my organization’s Board meeting, the members seem to either fixate on a number that is not especially meaningful or the opposite: their eyes glaze over in boredom. What do you suggest?

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