Non-Profit Formation

Forming a Non-Profit organizations is a complex and time consuming process. You have the vision, we have the ability and experience to navigate the paperwork jungle.

We will register your Non-Profit organization with Colorado and its agencies and followup with IRS registration.

We work with the founding leadership group on various matters such as the formal organization, recruiting board members, agenda items, marketing and other legal niceties.

Depending, on the Leaderships expertise, we help draft contracts, independent contractors agreements, employee payroll programs as well as marketing, fund raising, accounting and tax programs.

The American concept of a Non-Profit group is somewhat unique in the world. Most American Non-Profits organizations started with a single person, or small group of people, with a vision to tackle some problem, some event, something outside of a state organized body desire to make a buck.

In much of the world, especially in Europe, political party’s , churches, or even the states, organize groups to further that their ideological, political or religious goals.

But a unique American “vision” has driven thousands and thousands of groups to organize “for a purpose.” Some of these Non-Profit organizations are huge… they rival big corporations in size and scope. But most are small… art clubs, civic rally points, special interest groups, sports teams, educators, kid’s activities, hobbiests… too many to count and too important to overlook.

Unlike most of the world, these Non-Profit, non-state organizations , are left to fin for themselves when it comes to money but, again unlike the rest of the world, the individual states and the federal government have given these organization special rights and the ability to fund themselves via tax deductible gifts.

A short guide to fundraising for founders and officers

Non-Profit organizations (NPOs) in the United States come in a variety of sizes and purposes and most of them are independent of the Government or its agencies. In Europe, and many other parts of the world, NPOs are mostly creatures of the Governments, unions, political parties or some corporations.

America’s numerous NPOs, mirroring the country’s libertarian bent, are financially smaller and struggle everyday with more complex funding problems than their European counterparts who receive specific and targeted government and party funding. Part of the reason for this disconnect is that in America, NPOs, whether they be true Nonprofits, Nor-for-Profit or Foundations, are legal organizations that allow donors substantial tax write-offs and other government benefits. Europe’s various tax structures offer far fewer tax donation options, more government involvement and many more legal requirements for NPO programs.

But this tax deduction factor is also the bread and butter of American NPOs, big or small, and in whatever form their founders envisioned. NPOs in this country have far more flexibility than foreign counterparts.