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…
Carol Topp, the Homeschool CPA is sometimes asked if a homeschool family can be a charity. Sometimes a homeschool spouse wants to set up a business and hire their spouse to homeschool their children. Can this be done? Are there…
While helping a homeschool organization in Washington, I found a nice 44 page book from WA state on forming a nonprofit. I really liked the flowchart on page 5. It has steps to take at the State level, the…
A homeschool parent is launching a new homeschool program. Like many nonprofits, she needs some money to start up. The main concern for our group at the moment are funds for filing (for nonprofit incorporation and 501c3 tax exempt status).…
In 2019 Carol Topp started an ambitious project. She set out to record 3 webinars to hep homeschool groups form a nonprofit and apply for 501vc3 status. In this podcast she describes these 3 webinars. Create a Nonprofit Organization for…
Hi Carol.I started up a group of a few families last year as a homeschool co-op in our community. As we have grown a little more this year, I would like to start up a checking account. My question is,…
We are a small group (43 families) starting a non-profit. We have used several of your free and purchased resources. Thank you for your work in this space. Question…does the opening balance of the bank account need to be less…