We are a new unincorporated nonprofit association and our Director has applied to become a notary. Can we use our fundraising funds to cover the cost for her to become a notary? She would be offering complimentary notary services to…
Does my homeschool groups have to be tax exempt? It seems like a lot of work, cost and government intervention. Many of our members and the board members don’t want to be a 501c3. Do we have to be? We…
Our homeschool group was founded a few years ago with the mission of providing support for local homeschoolers. Since then the membership and monies have grown that we needed to establish a bank account. The bank informed me that our…
Carol, I am wondering if we can get some clarification from you. I am looking through this IRS document we received after we reapplied for 501c3 tax exempt status per your direction back in January. It says we have been…
For years I told small homeschool groups: “If you never incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in your state, then by default, your organization is an unincorporated association.” And I also told them that, “Unincorporated associations CAN apply for 501 tax…
Homeschooling is exploding in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and existing homeschool groups cannot accommodate all the newcomers. But homeschool leaders want newbie homeschoolers to be successful and have support, so what’s to be done? How about your existing homeschool…
I have been a director of a homeschool educational group (Classical Conversations) as an individual DBA. I have been paid but the money goes back into paying others for my kids’ education and materials for the group – generally no…