What an amazing collection of articles. I honestly couldn’t do it with out this site. I spent a lot of times on the form1023help.com, but the answers there are all interrupted with the sales pitch for her book. At the end, your website was the place I would always end up. It simply is amazing that you have spent this much time writing these tutorials. I sincerely thank you.

Linda Sherman

Thank you for the kind words. It’s nice to see that someone at least took a few minutes to give some feedback. I really appreciate it. Good luck with your nonprofit and welcome to the club.

I have also been using your site for quite sometimes now and I would like to thank you as well. It’s a great resource for those of who don’t have the money to spend on lawyers and in my humble opinion, It’s more beneficial to learn these things than having someone else do it. I also sent you an email on one small question I had, which I hope you find the time to answer. Thank you again.

thank you chris for making this site. I can’t seem to be able to open the pdf files. Is it a problem on the site or is at on my end.

Hi Robert,

The pdf files load just fine in every browser and platform i test them in. The problem is most likely on your end. Try updating your Adobe Reader and see if the problem goes away.

Does anyone else have problem with the pdf files? Can someone please let me know if they can open them?

Thank you Chris for putting this site together, we have been using it nonstop for two months now and we sure couldn’t do without it. Do you have a Paypal account so we can donate a few bucks?

Karen and Chris

Hi Karen,

Thank you for the kind words. No donation is necessary, your thank you note went a long way:) Best of luck with your form 1023 and let me know when you get the determination letter.

I’m impressed. The site is well organized and intelligently designed. We put off doing a 501c3 application because it was just so overwhelming and now we’re getting ready to launch. After reading every article on your site in the past week I feel empowered. A busy woman and her board thanks you – now to get to work!

Hi Ruth,

I’m glad you found it useful. I’m impressed that you read all the articles, that’s some heavy reading. Just follow the steps and you should have your determination letter in no time. My best wishes to you and your board.

Chris

I have found this site extremely helpfull! Thank you for putting it together! I am however extremely confused by Part V. Questions 2a and 2b. Since the form does not ask the person who filled it out to reveal themselves, the word “You” in question 2b becomes… well… confusing. A couple of the board memebers have existing business relationships between them. Those relationships exist outside of the non-profit, and were described in 2a. Without a reference to explain who “you” is, how do you answer 2b?

“You” always means your organization. IRS doesn’t care about individuals, you are an organization and the only YOU is your organization. Hope this helps.

Thank you so much for your honest and extremely helpful advice. This site is amazing!

Thank you for making this site available. I have checked out so many books from the library to help us fill out the form 1023, but i just keep referring to this site. It’s amazing how many pages and examples you have provided here and it makes it much easier to just search for the section name and find the answer here; something I can’t do with a book. Just wanted to say thank you and God bless you.