10-06-2010, 10:42 PM
While nonprofits have to register with the state it's the IRS mainly dictating what hoops you have to jump through. I'm the president of a nonprofit but my mission statement precludes me from helping out. I think it's very unlikely to find a nonprofit (501c3 organization) that will have the ability to take this on because these type of activities would have to be already encompassed in it's mission statement with the IRS. Here's a link to the IRS info http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/...99,00.html.
If you can't find a nonprofit that deals with veterans to take it on maybe you should run it by a attorney if there is some way of doing it as a noncharitable event. By that people and organizations can still donate but it just won't be a charitable donation (tax write off for anyone). You don't have time to get all the paper work and IRS application done in a month to register as a nonprofit. Plus it'll run thousands of dollars unless you get an attorney to donate their time. The attorneys[pirate] are the ones that made all these ridiculous rules so they could charge us thousands just to help someone less fortunate out so good luck on finding one to run things by.
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If you can't find a nonprofit that deals with veterans to take it on maybe you should run it by a attorney if there is some way of doing it as a noncharitable event. By that people and organizations can still donate but it just won't be a charitable donation (tax write off for anyone). You don't have time to get all the paper work and IRS application done in a month to register as a nonprofit. Plus it'll run thousands of dollars unless you get an attorney to donate their time. The attorneys[pirate] are the ones that made all these ridiculous rules so they could charge us thousands just to help someone less fortunate out so good luck on finding one to run things by.
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