How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California

By Anthony Mancuso

Start a nonprofit corporation with the forms and information you need to give back to your community!

Thousands of arts groups, educators, social service agencies and others have used How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California to get their organizations off the ground. With a nonprofit corporation, you'll gain recognition, save money, become eligible for grants, and protect your members and directors from liability. And you can do all of this without spending thousands on an attorney. With this easy to use guide, anyone can do it!

How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California includes complete instructions for obtaining federal 501(c)(3) tax exemption and for qualifying public charity status forming a California nonprofit corporation, with the IRS. It also provides:

. line by line instructions for completing your application
. instructions and completed sample clauses for preparing articles of incorporation
. ready to use bylaws for membership and non membership nonprofits
. ready to use minutes for the organizational meeting
. sheets with California's specific legal and tax requirements

This edition is completely updated to cover changes to the law. You'll also get updated instructions for using Form 1023 and coverage of new online services and options related to forming your nonprofit corporation. Forms are available to download at nolo.com.

• Language: English
• Publisher: NOLO
• Release date: Apr 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9781413318999

Anthony Mancuso

Anthony Mancuso is a corporations and limited liability company expert. A graduate of Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, Tony is an active member of the California State Bar. Tony writes books and software in the fields of corporate and LLC law and has studied advanced business taxation at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He also has been a consultant for Silicon Valley EDA (Electronic Design Automation) and other technology companies. He is currently employed at Google in Mountain View, California. Tony is the author of many Nolo books on forming and operating corporations (profit and nonprofit) and LLCs. Among his current books are The Corporate Records Handbook; How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation; Incorporate Your Business; Form Your Own Limited Liability Company; and LLC or Corporation? His books and software have shown over 500,000 businesses and organizations how to form and operate a corporation or an LLC. Tony is a licensed helicopter pilot and guitarist.