Las ventajas del estado 501(c)3

Here is a list of many common 501c3 advantages.  There may be other advantages of 501c3 status that would apply to your specific organization type.

• Make a nice living while doing good. Nonprofits can pay salaries. At the end of the day, feel good about the good you have done.
• Tax-deductibility of donations to the organization—you can give tax-deductible receipts for all cash and non-cash donations.
• Lower nonprofit postage rates for mailing over 250 identical pieces of mail.
• Public service announcements on radio and TV (free but limited availability).
• Limited liability for directors and officers for operations of the organization (some exceptions: e.g., gross negligence, unpaid taxes).
• Perpetual existence. The corporation continues on after the death of the founder(s).
• Government and private grants are available for tax-exempt organizations.
• Miscellaneous—employee fringe benefits not generally available to the self-employed person or business owner, e.g., group life insurance, health insurance, payments of medical expenses and approved corporate pension and retirement plans. Some stores and businesses give a discount to nonprofit corporations and employees of nonprofits. Some publications give an advertising discount to nonprofit organizations.
• Many stores and business (e.g., Walmart) give a discount to nonprofits and their employees if they can provide a copy of their 501c3 status letter from the IRS.
• A nonprofit organization (even a church) needs 501(c)(3) status to obtain food from a government food bank.
• Once your organization secures tax-exempt status, it is permanent. You don’t have to go back and renew it, ever.
• A church must have 501(c)(3) status if it wishes to have a group exemption for its “daughters” or subordinate churches under it.
• 501c3 nonprofits can obtain food from food rescue programs as well as food banks. Food rescue programs typically obtain perishable and prepared foods (such as from restaurants and grocery stores) and distribute it to agencies that feed hungry people, usually later that same day.
• A nonprofit organization (even a church) needs 501(c)(3) status in order to benefit from the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act. This act of Congress releases restaurants and other food organizations from civil and criminal liability associated with the donation of food to nonprofits assisting individuals in need. The act protects donors in all 50 states from civil and criminal liability for good faith donations of “apparently wholesome food,” defined as meeting “all quality and labeling standards imposed by federal, state and local laws and regulations even though the food may not be readily marketable due to appearance, age, freshness, grade, size, surplus or other condition.”
• For churches and congregations only: Pastors can receive certain tax benefits. If you want to issue a call to a pastor from a foreign country—to come here and preach or pastor—it is much more costly and much more time-consuming if your church or congregation doesn’t have its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. A church needs to be incorporated to hold property in the name of the church (the property should normally be held in the name of the church, not in the name of the pastor or other individual).

As you can see there are many 501c3 advantages.  When you are planning your non-profit future, consider the monetary and tax benefits and advantages of 501c3 status for your organization.

Muchas organizaciones comienzan con la cantidad mínima de miembros de la junta. El número ideal para empezar es el cuatro. Los cargos que deben cubrirse son los del comité ejecutivo. Estos cargos son presidente, tesorero, secretario y al menos un director o miembro de la junta. Después de esto, puede hacer crecer su junta y agregar tantos miembros como dicten sus estatutos o según lo requiera su organización para llevar a cabo su misión.

Hay muchos formularios o documentos que una junta directiva debería tener o podría tener. Gran parte de esto depende de sus objetivos organizacionales. Sin embargo, los documentos más esenciales son los Artículos de Organización, los Estatutos, la política 990, la política contra la discriminación, la política de acoso sexual y varios más, dependiendo de su misión. Por lo general, revisaremos la misión de la organización y los servicios o programas potenciales y haremos una recomendación de qué documentos crear. Luego lo ayudamos a crear estos documentos.

La respuesta corta es sí. Sin embargo, en algunos estados este registro puede ser necesario sólo si su recaudación de fondos se elevará por encima de un umbral particular.   Por lo tanto, la investigación debe llevarse a cabo con el fin de determinar sus requisitos de estados particulares.

Las reuniones de la junta sin fines de lucro se pueden gestionar de muchas maneras. Se puede usar el consenso o algún otro método. Sin embargo, hemos descubierto que el mecanismo recomendado para administrar una reunión de la junta es mediante el uso de las Reglas de Orden de Roberts. Tiende a ser eficiente y permite que las juntas logren sus objetivos de trabajo mientras dedica un tiempo mínimo en una reunión. La reunión promedio de la junta dura unas 3 horas. Por supuesto, esto no es muy productivo. Los tableros que usan las Reglas de orden de Roberts funcionan mejor, más rápido y las reuniones son más cortas. La reunión promedio de la junta con las reglas de orden de Roberts es de 1.5 horas.

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