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Your answers populate 13 customizable templates and guides. You review, edit, sign, and submit only the documents that must be filed.

Templates, not completed filings: These previews are abbreviated illustrations. Start Your Cause does not submit documents or government fees.

Formation packet: 9 documents

  • Start Here filing-packet guide
  • Articles of Incorporation
  • Nonprofit bylaws
  • Conflict-of-interest policy
  • Organizational board minutes
  • Mission statement worksheet
  • EIN application guide
  • Form 1023 preparation guide
  • State-specific filing checklist

Annual package: 4 documents

  • Form 990 preparation guide
  • State annual-report guide
  • Annual board-meeting minutes
  • Donation acknowledgment templates
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YOUR NONPROFIT FILING PACKET

File with your state: Articles of Incorporation after comparison with the current official state form.

Request separately: EIN through IRS.gov and tax-exempt recognition through Pay.gov.

Keep internally: Bylaws, conflict policy, and signed board minutes.

FILE WITH STATE AFTER REVIEW

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

The name of the corporation is Organization Name.

This corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code…

Registered agent: Registered Agent

KEEP IN YOUR RECORDS

CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY

Interested Person. Any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with governing-board delegated powers who has a direct or indirect financial interest…

Following disclosure, the interested person shall leave the meeting while the potential conflict is discussed and voted upon…

KEEP IN YOUR RECORDS

ORGANIZATIONAL ACTION OF THE BOARD

RESOLVED, that the bylaws presented to the Board are adopted as the bylaws of Organization Name…

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Enter your information once so organization names, addresses, registered agent, officers, mission, and board choices remain consistent across the templates.

$79 one-time Formation Package: twelve months of access with no automatic renewal.

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