Recommended
Reading (click here)
Sample Documents (click here)
Upcoming Events
Midwest
Homeschool Convention, April 16,
17 and 18, 2009 in Cincinnati, OH.
I'll be presenting workshops on Teenagers in Business and Homeschool
Co-ops: How to Start Them, Run Them and Not Burn Out
Home
Educators
Association of Virginia Convention,
June 11,12 & 13, 2009,
Richmond , VA. I'm presenting five workshops on budgeting, working from
home, teenagers in business, homeschool nonprofits and 501c3 tax exempt
status.
Links
My weblog
(blog) has recent
material on running a homeschool organization
My ebooks
Money
Management for
Homeschool Organizations and
Tax
Exempt 501c3 Status for
Homeschool Organizations
Homechool Group
Leader
A new website run by two homeschol leaders, Kristen and Denise.
Check out there mini course
"The Top 4
Traps for Homeschool Group Leaders to Avoid!" and their blog, Homeschool
Group Leader blog.
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
The Old Schoolhouse Leadership Yahoo
Group
A great forum linking homeschool leaders from acros the nation.
Discuss problems, ideas, information and receive
encouragement.
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.
Form1023help.com
A helpful site written by a former IRS employee offering guidance on
applying for 501c3 tax exempt status
Quality
990: Improving IRS Reporting
Tips on filing the annual IRS Information Return, Form 990
Reality Check
Several maunals on using Quickbooks available for free download
Free Management Library
A library for nonprofits. Read about board duties, how to
start a
nonprofit and much more
Non-Profit Organizations from
FindLaw.com
Good information on nonprofit organizations
Nonprofit
Genie
Information on starting a nonprofit organization