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PTO Start-Up Guide
Start-Up Guide

Our comprehensive Start-Up Toolkit walks you through all the essential steps you need to take to make your group a successful independent entity.

This guide includes information on how to get organized, incorporating your group, applying for nonprofit status, writing bylaws (and sample bylaws), and filing for tax-exempt status with the IRS, including a step-by-step guide to completing IRS form 1023.

 

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Getting Started and Getting Organized
Chapter 2: Incorporation: Becoming a Legal Entity
Chapter 3: Your Bylaws
Chapter 4: Applying for Nonprofit Status/Why Become an Official 501(c)(3)?
Chapter 5: Financial First Steps (Bookkeeping, Bank Accounts, Licenses and Permits, and Insurance)
Chapter 6: Conclusion
Chapter 7: List of Tools
Appendix A: List of Secretaries of State (for Incorporation)
Appendix B: Are You Covered?

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