Nonprofit Incorporation Workshop

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Are you a leader of an existing nonprofit organization or have an interest in creating a new one? Do you have questions and concerns about incorporating and/or filing for tax-exempt status?  All nonprofit start-ups are invited to attend this legal seminar for nonprofits, led by experienced nonprofit attorneys.  At this group session, we will assist your organization in understanding the complicated processes of formalizing a nonprofit in Massachusetts by addressing questions regarding:

• For-Profit or Not-for-Profit?
• What is a Not-for-Profit?
• Incorporating & Structuring the Not-for-Profit
• Option of Fiscal Sponsorship
• State Reporting & Regulation
• Federal Tax Exemption
• Ongoing IRS Reporting & Regulation

Presenters: Susan Abbott, Esq. and Lisa McChesney, Esq., of Goodwin Procter LLP.

Co-sponsors: Goodwin Procter LLP, the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston/Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Third Sector New England.

Payment: $25 per person. Click here to pay. Payment takes the form of a donation on Network for Good. Please choose “my full contact information” or “my name and email address only” under privacy preferences so we may log your payment.

Registration*: Click here to register. Please RSVP by April 3.

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