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 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaus-l mailing list > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
