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Web Resources on Nonprofit Status for Friends Groups   
A list of resources for Friends groups in Connecticut who are looking to achieve non-profit status with the IRS and State of Connecticut.


CT Secretary of State's Office

Scroll down to the forms for Incorporation of CT Nonstock Corp.

Connecticut Revised Nonstock Corporation Act

CT Dept of Revenue Services

Form to claim exemption from paying sales tax

Information on what organizations are exempt from paying sales tax:

Nonprofit Organizations
SN 95(10)
SN 98(11)


Exemptions for library friends' book sales:

General Statutes Scroll down to section:
24) Municipal publications, sales by public libraries or by municipal auction and book sales by library support groups. Sales of municipal publications such as information booklets and zoning regulations, tangible personal property sold by public libraries, the sale of any property at auction by a municipality, and book sales by library support groups.

Internal Revenue Service

Publication 526 - Charitable contributions 

Publication 1771 - Charitable contributions - Substantiation and Disclosure

Form 1023 - Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

Publication 557 - Tax-Exempt Status for Your Organization

Connecticut Council On Philanthropy

Organizing and Maintaining a Nonprofit Corporation in Connecticut - Getting Started

Organizing and Maintaining a Nonprofit Corporation in Connecticut -

Organizing and Maintaining a Nonprofit Corporation in Connecticut - Tax Issues
  

From Friends of California Libraries

General information on the process of applying for nonprofit status

Friends of Libraries USA

Friends of Libraries Sourcebook has information on the 501(c)(3) process

***This site looks especially helpful.  Based on a free class taught in Seattle since 1995, this class
is designed to help new non-profit organizations complete IRS Form 1023, the Application for Exempt Status Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. You'll find a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of 501(c)(3) status and a page by page guide to Form 1023, along with lots of additional helpful information


WebJunction

Set Up a Friends of the Library Group .

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