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Nonprofit Formation Attorney In California

Forming A Nonprofit Organization

The first step for nearly every nonprofit organization is formation. Some nonprofit organizations operate as unincorporated associations, which means they provide services but never incorporate with the State. Even as an unincorporated association, the Corporations Code and the IRS have requirements for which unincorporated associations need to comply. We can help you understand the rules and ensure you are following them.

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determine the best type of nonprofit corporation for your mission

Typically, nonprofit organizations will incorporate with the Secretary of State as one of three different types of nonprofit corporations—Public Benefit, Mutual Benefit, or Religious. Knowing which is best for your organization is not always clear and the laws governing each type are different. At Daryl Reese Law, we work with you to determine which type of nonprofit corporation is best for your mission. But we don’t stop there. We do all of the work necessary to prepare and file articles of incorporation, obtain your IRS tax identification number, prepare your bylaws, file other pertinent filings with the State of California.


But we don’t just prepare and file documents for you, along the way, we educate you regarding how nonprofit governance works. And that is critical. We have seen far too many times clients who have used inexpensive online filing services only to have no idea what to do moving forward. And many times, the work that was done was incomplete, requiring that they now spend more of their charitable funds to get the things they need.

Get your Nonprofit off the ground with our formation service

A key part of our formation service is conducting your initial board of directors meeting. We walk you and your board through passing nearly 20 different resolutions to provide the authorizations needed to begin operating. We also spend time walking through the corporation’s bylaws so that everyone understands their importance and how they work.

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