Interested in Starting a Nonprofit?

Sit down with a professional nonprofit strategist to discuss everything from the necessary state and federal paperwork, and projected start-up costs to long-term financial health and sustainability.

For more information or to set-up a one-on-one appointment please contact Alexa Valavanis at 530-891-1150 ext. 28.  

Useful Links for Starting a Nonprofit

An excellent site dedicated to providing information on creatinga nonprofit organization is “How to Start a Nonprofit” from the Citizen MediaLaw Project. The following link is specific to California.

http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/california/forming-nonprofit-corporation-california

Order the Nolo Press Book “How to Start a Nonprofit.” Highlyrecommended!

http://www.nolo.com/product.cfm/ObjectID/18D2F5C4-B633-4B64-BF1AD9691D00B894/111/

Internal Revenue Service- brochure outlining the applicationprocess for establishing a nonprofit

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4220.pdf

CA Secretary of State Office; Sample Nonprofit Articles ofIncorporation and information on filing for incorporation with the State.

http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/corp/pdf/articles/corp_artsnp.pdf

An indepth guide on starting a nonprofit  from the CA Attorney General’s office

http://ag.ca.gov/charities/publications/guide_for_charities.pdf

CA nonprofits need to register with the CA Attorney Generaland understand laws governing fundraising at the following site.

http://www.caag.state.ca.us/charities/

SacramentoNonprofit ResourceCenter – classes,library, affinity groups, resources, links

http://www.nprcenter.org/

California Assn of Nonprofits has information (includingtraining) on a variety of subjects

http://www.canonprofits.org/

For a brief discussion of membership vs non-membership(board based) organizations, see this Wikipedia article on the  Foundation and Structure of Nonprofits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization