How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California

Tens of thousands of arts groups, educators, social service agencies, environmental groups, and others have used this bestselling book to form their California nonprofit. Your group can too.

Use this book to form your California nonprofit corporation and obtain your federal and state tax exemptions. We provide step-by-step instructions for both the longer IRS Form 1023 and the streamlined IRS Form 1023-EZ application. This edition covers the new required online filing for the Form 1023.

How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California shows you how to:

• choose a legal name
• prepare articles of incorporation
• create your bylaws
• obtain federal and state tax-exempt status
• prepare minutes for your organizational meeting
• establish a corporate records book, and
• handle postincorporation filings and tasks.

With downloadable forms: Forms to help you form your nonprofit are included both in the book and online (details inside)

Author: Anthony Mancuso
Publisher: NOLO
Published: 04/27/2021
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781413328622

About the Author
Mancuso, Anthony: - 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.