Form 1023.org Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Short version of the terms of use agreement

You use the information on this site at your own risk, there is no warranty of any sort that this information is 100% correct, so double check with other sources for your own good. I cannot be held accountable for anything under any circumstances.

Do NOT list me or this website as your help on your form 1023. This site contains public information based on my goodwill. In no way you should use my name or this website as consultant or as the person that helped you plan, manage, or advised you about the structure or activities of your organization, or about your financial or tax matters.

You don’t have to ask for my permission to use the content on this website for your OWN Form 1023 application or organizational documents. You already have my consent to do that. You may not use this work for commercial purposes in any way, this means that you cannot use samples and templates found on this site to cater to a client for compensation.

Do NOT copy and paste the content from this site on your website. There is no reason to have duplicate contents on internet. I have made these information public for free, so respect my only wish. You can always copy a few sentences and post a link to this site. Besides that, you are free to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work under the following conditions:

  • Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
  • Non-commercial — You may not use this work for commercial purposes in any way.
  • No Derivative Works under any circumstance — You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. You may NOT rewrite articles found on this website and claim them as your own, even a sentence or a paragraph. I’m not one bit shy to take legal actions for stealing and modifying my content.
  • Waiver — Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder (just contact me if needed).

In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license:

  • Your fair dealing or fair use rights, or other applicable copyright exceptions and limitations;
  • The author’s moral rights;
  • Rights other persons may have either in the work itself or in how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.

END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

Copyright 2009-2024 Chris Sorbi

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THESE DOCUMENTS.

1. LICENSE

By receiving, opening the file package, and/or using these samples (“Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Conflict of Interest Policy samples”), you agree that this End User License Agreement (EULA) is a legally binding and valid contract, and agree to be bound by it. You agree to abide by the intellectual property laws and all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Unless you have a different license agreement signed by Chris Sorbi your use of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents indicates your acceptance of this license agreement and warranty.

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Chris Sorbi grants to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, without right to sub-license, to use Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents in accordance with this Agreement and any other written agreement with Chris Sorbi.

Chris Sorbi does not transfer the title of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents to you; the license granted to you is not a sale. This agreement is a binding legal agreement between Chris Sorbi and the purchasers or users of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents.

If you do not agree to be bound by this agreement, remove Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents from your computer now and, if applicable, promptly return to Chris Sorbi by mail any copies of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents and related documentation and packaging in your possession.

2. DISTRIBUTION

Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents and the license herein granted shall not be copied, shared, distributed, re-sold, offered for re-sale, transferred, or sub-licensed in whole or in part except that you may make one copy for applying for tax exemption purposes only. For information about redistribution of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents contact Chris Sorbi.

3. USER AGREEMENT

3.1 Use

Your license to use Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents is limited to the number of licenses purchased by you. You shall not allow others to use, copy or evaluate copies of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents.

3.2 Use Restrictions

You shall use Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents in compliance with all applicable laws and not for any unlawful purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, use, display, or distribution of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents together with material that is pornographic, racist, vulgar, obscene, defamatory, libelous, abusive, promoting hatred, discriminating or displaying prejudice based on religion, ethnic heritage, race, sexual orientation, or age is strictly prohibited.

You may make one copy of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents for backup purposes, providing you only have one copy on one computer being used by one person. Other users may not use your copy of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents. The assignment, sublicense, networking, sale, or distributions of copies of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents are strictly forbidden without the prior written consent of Chris Sorbi. It is a violation of this agreement to assign, sell, share, loan, rent, lease, borrow, network or transfer the use of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents. If any person other than yourself uses Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents registered in your name, regardless of whether it is at the same time or different times, then this agreement is being violated and you are responsible for that violation!

3.3 Copyright Restriction

These documents contain copyrighted material, trade secrets, and other proprietary material. You shall NOT, and shall NOT attempt to, modify, reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents for commercial use other than applying for your own organization’s tax exemption. Nor can you create any derivative works or other works that are based upon or derived from Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents in whole or in part for commercial use.

Chris Sorbi’s name, logo, and graphics file that represent Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents shall not be used in any way to promote products developed with Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents. Chris Sorbi retains sole and exclusive ownership of all right, title and interest in and to Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents and all Intellectual Property rights relating thereto.

Copyright law and international copyright treaty provisions protect all parts of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents, products and services. No program, code, part, image, audio sample, or text may be copied or used in any way by the user except as intended within the bounds of the single user program. All rights not expressly granted hereunder are reserved for Chris Sorbi.

3.4 Limitation of Responsibility

You will indemnify, hold harmless, and defend Chris Sorbi, its employees, agents, and distributors against any and all claims, proceedings, demand, and costs resulting from or in any way connected with your use of Chris Sorbi’s documents.

In no event (including, without limitation, in the event of negligence) will Chris Sorbi , its employees, agents or distributors be liable for any consequential, incidental, indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, loss of use, business interruption, loss of information or data, or pecuniary loss), in connection with or arising out of or related to this Agreement, Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents or the use or inability to use Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents or the furnishing, performance or use of any other matters hereunder whether based upon contract, tort or any other theory including negligence.

Chris Sorbi’s entire liability, without exception, is limited refund of the donated amount for the documents in exchange for the return of the documents and certified copy of a third party auditor that all copies and remnants have been removed from your computer or computers, and certified and notarized statement from you that you do not possess any hard copy and that you will cease the use of these documents immediately.

3.5 Warranties

Except as expressly stated in writing, Chris Sorbi makes no representation or warranties in respect of this documents and expressly excludes all other warranties, expressed or implied, oral or written, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantable quality or fitness for a particular purpose.

3.6 Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by the law of the United States applicable therein. You hereby irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of United States. If any provision shall be considered unlawful, void, or otherwise unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this License and not affect the validity and enforceability of any other provisions.

3.7 Termination

Any failure to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement will result in automatic and immediate termination of this license. Upon termination of this license granted herein for

any reason, you agree to immediately cease use of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents and destroy all copies of Nonprofit Organizational Sample Documents supplied under this Agreement. The financial obligations incurred by you shall survive the expiration or termination of this license.

4. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

THESE DOCUMENTS AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE DISTRIBUTED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THIS DISCLAIMER CONCERNS ALL FILES GENERATED AND EDITED BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONAL SAMPLE DOCUMENTS AS WELL.

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Form 1023 Help-Site collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the www.form1023.org website (“Site”). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by Form 1023 Help-Site.

Privacy Policy

Personal identification information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways in connection with activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site.. Users may visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

Non-personal identification information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

Web browser cookies

Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

How we use collected information

Form 1023 Help-Site may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:

  • – To improve our Site
    We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services.

How we protect your information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

Third party websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Advertising

Ads appearing on our site may be delivered to Users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Changes to this privacy policy

Form 1023 Help-Site has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:

www.form1023.org/contact

This document was last updated on November 25, 2021

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