Nonprofit Elite Blog
Ben Woodward
This is a post from Ben Woodward, founder and CEO at Nonprofit Elite. Starting a nonprofit organization shouldn’t be this difficult, I remember thinking. It was 2006, and I’d been talking with attorneys and CPAs for weeks trying to start our family’s private charitable foundation. I felt prepared going in, fresh off a graduate degree in Nonprofit Management and six years experience as a nonprofit director. I just needed a little help – someone to point me in the right [...]
New $275 Form 1023-EZ User Fee (July 1, 2016)
Beginning July 1, 2016, the IRS has changed the User Fee for IRS Form 1023-EZ from $400 to $275 for all applicants. This new fee applies only to those Form 1023-EZ applications prepared and submitted after July 1, 2016. In addition to lowering the application fee, we also expect the IRS to add several new safeguards to the Form 1023-EZ application process to continue discouraging non-qualified applications. These new safeguards could include revisions to the actual Form 1023-EZ and increased follow-up correspondence with the IRS [...]
IRS Form 1023-EZ Help and Services
Searching for IRS Form 1023-EZ help, cost or filing services? Nonprofit Elite can help! We are excited to offer a more affordable and faster 501c3 application process to small and mid-size nonprofit organizations seeking to obtain tax exempt status from the IRS. The newly-released 501c3 application is called IRS Form 1023-EZ and is appropriate for most nonprofit organizations with projected annual receipts of $50,000 or less and total assets of $250,000 or less (excluding churches, schools, hospitals, medical research organizations, and a few [...]
IRS Approval – Phoebe’s Phriends
Congratulations to Nonprofit Elite client (CT) Phoebe's Phriends who recently received their approved IRS Letter of Determination. This is a wonderful organization that raises money for Pediatric Cancer Research, and they are doing a great job! And for anyone curious, the IRS review process took approximately eight months for this application, which is unfortunately pretty normal during these past few months.
Congratuatlions to American Trooper – New 501c3!
We want to congratulate Nonprofit Elite client Shanessa Coburn and American Trooper on their approval as a new 501c3 tax exempt organization! To learn more about American Trooper and their good work supporting US soldiers and veterans, please visit their website at http://www.americantrooper.us.
Podio Sponsorship for Nonprofit Elite
The best news of the day (so far) is that Podio has decided to sponsor Nonprofit Elite with use of their outstanding online project collaboration platform. If you've not yet looked into Podio and what they can do for your nonprofit organization or business, it's definitely worth your time to check them out. Our team uses Podio as our online headquarters to collaborate on projects from anywhere in the world. The system makes our work more efficient and certainly more enjoyable. Thank you Podio for your sponsorship of Nonprofit [...]