Non-Profit Quilt Group
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Non-Profit Quilt Group
I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm treasurer of our local Quilt Guild and we refer to ourselves as non-profit. We don't seem to have any papers or proof of being a non-profit group. We do have a Federal Tax number that appears on our checking account statement. Can I use this number to figure out if we are non-profit or not? I've tried various websites (state, federal, etc) and do not find our name in any listings they offer. Can anyone help with this ? Thank you.
#2
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Northern California, Sonoma Co.
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Maybe this link will let you type in the number and check the status of your guild?
http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-P...s-Select-Check
http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-P...s-Select-Check
#4
Maybe I can help a bit - I just went through a similar issue with our high school football boosters. A Federal tax ID number is actually a EIN or Employer Identification Number - which allows you to operate as an organization and have a bank account. To be an official 501(c)3 non-profit, tax exempt group there is much more involved set of paperwork that must be filed and approved by the IRS. You should be able to contact the IRS and ask if that tax exempt status was ever obtained for your guild. Hope this helps!
#6
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Delaware
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If your group is non-profit they should have been filing a tax exempt status report that is $25 per year. If this hasn't been paid you may no longer be non-profit. But I would check with the IRS to make sure as suggested in previous post.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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Our guild is has a tax number that's all. We have never filed income tax or paid sales tax. Three members are lawyers and two are CPA's ( one our treasurer for years) so we go by their advice for our state. If all five are wrong then we are just wrong.
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I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm treasurer of our local Quilt Guild and we refer to ourselves as non-profit. We don't seem to have any papers or proof of being a non-profit group. We do have a Federal Tax number that appears on our checking account statement. Can I use this number to figure out if we are non-profit or not? I've tried various websites (state, federal, etc) and do not find our name in any listings they offer. Can anyone help with this ? Thank you.
Good luck. The process has taken me 6 months so far, but I am almost done
#10
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
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If you are really a non-profit, you must have some sort of license with your state. Check into that. Fabric companies will not donate anything to any group here in CA without that documentation.
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