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Table of Contents
- Welcome Screen
- Identify purpose
- Site does not provide legal advice and is not responsible for outside links
- Acrobat Reader download
- When you need professional advice, see a lawyer or accountant
- The Basics
- What exactly is a nonprofit?
- Do you really want to form a nonprofit?
- What types of things do you need to do?
- What should you think about before starting a nonprofit?
- Formation of the nonprofit
- What kind of paper work do I have to fill out?
- What government agencies do I need to work with?
- Are there fees involved?
- How do we actually start putting all the pieces together?
- Managing the Process
- Formation: creating the non-profit under Ohio law
- File Papers With Sec. Of State
- Write articles of incorporation
- Pay current filing fees
- Appoint statutory agent
- Create Board, Board members can be incorporators, identify Officers
- Bylaws
- Record-keeping
- Ongoing legal (filing) obligations
- Filing statement of continued existence, update information with Ohio's Secretary of State
- Ending the corporation
- Merger
- Transfer of assets
- Dissolution by statute
- Bankruptcy
- Going out of business
- Getting necessary approvals & affidavits from government agencies
- Managing the Money
- Internal accounting, including controls
- Bank accounts, who signs checks?
- Treasurer's duties
- Outside auditors, Sarbanes-Oxley
- Tax returns
- Fiduciary duties of Board and Officers
- Make and follow an organizational budget
- Campaign finance requirements if you lobby or influence government
- Fundraising
- Gambling/games of chance
- Donations/Gifts
- Applying for grants
- Tax Issues
- Tax returns
- Applying for tax exemption, 501(c) (3) and other sections
- Coordination with purpose clause
- Record-keeping
- Maintaining tax-exempt status on the federal, state, and local level
- Managing Assets, Records and Documents
- Vehicles, owned, donated, rented, borrowed, or leased
- Real Property, land, building, leases, rentals
- Personal Property, including equipment
- Intangibles-stocks, investments
- Insurance for vehicles and assets, liability, business, directors & officers
- Fiduciary duties-Board, officers, employees
- Duties of Secretary for record keeping and document retention
- Managing People
- Staff/Employees
- Hiring
- Firing
- Independent Contractors
- State law compliance
- Federal law compliance
- Federal taxes
- Who has authority to make a contract?
- Pay and fringe benefits
- Volunteers
- Board and officers-Duties of each position.
- Managing conflicts among volunteers, between board and staff
- Conflict of interest policies and situations
- Running a effective meeting, modified Rules of Order
- Dispute resolution and problem prevention
- Dealing with internal conflict (Board members, Officers, staff)
- Dealing with external conflict (government, neighbors, other entities)
- Record-keeping, annual filings, etc.
- Conflict resolution - negotiation, mediation, arbitration
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Resources
- Glossary
- Table of Contents
- Sponsors and Contact Us
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