Links
Finding a Local Homeschool Co-op
My home, Cincinnati, Ohio, has an abundance of homeschool co-ops and other opportunities for group learning.
Here’s an incomplete list of groups in the greater Cincinnati area. Locations and meeting times may have changed. Please visit the website or e-mail for up to date information. E-mail me at Carol@HomeschoolCo-ops.com with additions or corrections.
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Don’t live in near Cincinnati? Visit these sites for local homeschool group information
A to Z Homeschooling.com
Go to your state page and put “co-op” in the browser search
Local Homeschool.com
Search by “Type” for “Co-op” or “Cooperative.” You can further
narrow the search by including your state and/or county.
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Can’t find a co-op near you? Buy my book and start your own co-op!
Running a Homeschool Co-op or Group
One By One: The Homeschool Group Leader’s Guide to Motivating Your Members
Read more about this very helpful ebook for homeschool group leaders here
Read my review of One By One here.
Group Leader Blog
A great blog just for homeschool group leaders run my my friends Kristen & Denise.
Online support group for leaders
Click to join TOSHSN_Leadership_Group
A great discussion forum for homeschool leaders moderated by The Old Schoolhouse magazine
Legal assistance for homeschool leaders
I was so pleased to meet the attorneys with Homeschool Legal Advantage at the Midwest Homeschool Convention in Cincinati in 2009. They were so helpful in desiring to work with homeschool organizations as well as indiviual families.
Read this post on how HLA helped one homeschool organizations that was facing intimidation by the IRS.
Other helpful tools for homeschool leaders
The Homeschool Co-op Planner
An e-book written by Julie Forsythe, a co-op leader for 5 years in West Virginia. This resource includes printable forms, idea lists, and many recommendations and suggestions to help you along the way.
eCoops.com
Homeschool mom and computer database expert, Pam McBride, has created an online data management system designed especially for homeschool co-ops. It is an affordable, flexible subscription service that is now available to any co-op. Make registration, organization, schedules, class rosters and file transfers easy!
Forming Your Co-op into a private school
Advice on how your homeschool co-op can become a private school from an experienced homeschool leader
IRS 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status
Form1023help.com
A helpful site written by a former IRS employee offering guidance on applying for 501c3 tax exempt status
Internal Revenue Service Charities and Nonprofits Page
Go to the source. An excellent site on IRS regulations of charities and nonprofits
Hurwit and Associates: Legal Counsel for the Nonprofit Sector
A very helpful website operated by a law firm. They offer a Law Resource Library with many good articles and a list of nonprofit filing requirements by state. To see what your state requires from nonprofits click on the “State by State Filings” on the left column.
Quality 990: Improving IRS Reporting
Tips on filing the annual IRS Information Return, Form 990
General Information on Running a Nonprofit Organization
Reality Check
Several maunals on using Quickbooks available for free download
Free Management Library
A library for nonprofits