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The BasicsThere are some basic things you need to do to start a nonprofit. Some examples are deciding on the reason the nonprofit is being formed, developing a board of directors, taking care of all legal paperwork and getting insurance to cover several different aspects of your nonprofit corporation.
"Formation of the Nonprofit" on this site
Suggested Internet ResourcesAlliance for Justice-Nonprofit Advocacy is a project that works toward strengthening the voice of nonprofits in the area of public policy debate. They achieve this goal by working with tax-exempt organizations to better understand the laws that regulate them.
America's Charities is a good site for finding information on smaller charities-those with revenues less than $25,000/yr.
Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) is an international organization whose research gives an understanding of nonprofits, philanthropy and volunteerism. Charity for Lobbying in the Public Interest (CLPI) is an organization that supports and promotes the rights of nonprofits to advocate and lobby in the public interest.
Charity Navigator- America's Largest Charity Evaluator is a nonprofit organization that seeks out and evaluates charities all over the country.
Charities Review Council-Other Links of Interest
Core Operating Standards for Startup Nonprofit Organizations
Federal Department of Labor (DOL)
General information on many aspects of nonprofits
The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations is based at the prestigious Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Hauser Center is an interdisciplinary research center focused on studying nonprofits and nurturing students' participation in the philanthropic sector of society.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Laws and ideas about fundraising can be found at The Foundation Center's Web site
National Center for Charitable Statistics is the national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States.
Nonprofit laws are listed in: Index of Chapter 1702 Ohio Revised Code, Nonprofit Corporation Law
Nonprofit Resource Guide Search finds nonprofit organizations by state, type and name.
Nonprofit Organizations - All About Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund-The Aspen Institute awards research grants, convenes leaders, and disseminates research findings to expand knowledge of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy, improve nonprofit practices, and inform public policy related to nonprofits.
The NonProfit Times The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management lists America's top 100 nonprofits along with their financial information.
Nonprofit Good Practice Guide Provided by the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership
Nonprofit Web Links
OANO-Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations is a Statewide membership organization of over 700 nonprofit organizations.
Office of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio Secretary of State's Web site offers details and instructions about nonprofit filings.
Send the basic forms to the Ohio Secretary of State.
Ohio Wage Hour Bureau
PNNOnline is a nonprofit news and information resource.
Researching Philanthropy - The Literature of the Nonprofit Sector Online provides a searchable database of the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique contents of the Foundation Center's five libraries and contains more than 24,000 full bibliographic citations, of which more than 16,300 have descriptive abstracts. It is updated daily.
The Society for Nonprofit Organizations (SNPO) has details about starting a nonprofit.
Specific SNPO information about starting a nonprofit.
Tech. Resources and Links Provided by the Rasmuson Foundation of Alaska.
The Urban Institute-Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) conducts and disseminates research on the role and impact of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy.
What Is A Nonprofit Organization? Tax-exempt Status Distinguished What You Need to Know Before Starting a Nonprofit...Get Ready Get Set is a project of the California Management Assistance Partnership (written by Peter B. Manzo and Alice Espey with Nora Burton and Snow Tempest, and published by the Center for Nonprofit Management). A reminder that the California laws listed in this publication may be different than Ohio laws, however, the basic information is excellent.
Yale Program On Nonprofit Organizations (PONPO) offers research aimed at understanding nonprofit organizations and their role in economic and political life.
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