A homeschool group in Illinois formed in 2020. They filed paperwork with the Illinois Secretary of State to form a nonprofit corporation, got an EIN (Employer identification Number) from the IRS to open a checking account, and started running their…
Carol, My homeschool group has been around for 20 years. I was told that we are an “unincorporated association.” What does that mean? -Lisa Lisa, You ask an excellent question. I’m going to share a reply from an attorney Stephen…
Greetings, I’ve started a Classical Conversations Community in Washington state. To be able to host my community at my church, we were asked that we create a non-profit organization so I did. I created a separate non-profit banking account from…
I am a new director of a Classical Conversations (CC) campus in Michigan. I’m trying to weigh how to set things up. Can you offer me a recommendation on if I should set up a for profit or non- profit…
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…
Carol, Our homeschool co-op would like a consultation with you. Our group is classified as a church in our state. Some of us feel that this is not the correct classification. While we have a religious purpose, offer a class…
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…
There is a lot of confusion about whether Classical Conversations Communities should be using churches for their Community Day activities. Background: Unlike most homeschool programs and co-ops, Classical Conversations Communities are usually not nonprofit organizations. Instead they are for-profit businesses…
A homeschool leader asked me recently, “Who holds nonprofit organizations accountable? Is it the IRS?” While there are some issues, such as taxes and tax-exempt status, where the IRS has some oversight of nonprofits, the true watchdogs of nonprofit organizations…