Have you confirmed that you can register as a charity in Washington prior to securing tax
exempt status from the IRS?
—
James Hare
President, Wikimedia DC
https://wikimediadc.org
@wikimediadc
On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Pine W wrote:
Hi all,
Cascadia Wikimedians is currently registered as a nonprofit in Washington State. Our next
step for fundraising purposes will be to register as a "charity" in Washington
State. We have started this process with a request for relevant records from the state
Attorney General's Office. After we receive a reply from the AGO, we can complete the
remaining steps to become a charity under state law. Charity status will allow us to
conduct fundraising activities among the general public in Washington State.
Further down the road is our 501(c)(3) application. We have requested grant funds for the
IRS filing fee and for the professional services of an attorney or CPA to assist us with
this process. Hopefully we will complete this process in 2016.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Full speed ahead,
Pine
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