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Transition from volunteering to get employed in own nonprofit organization?
I plan to start nonprofit 501c3 that will help other nonprofits with their social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.) Right now I'm employed by company in similar field. There is no ...
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Non profits and Social Media [closed]
I´m working on a consulting on social media for a non profit organization that works with community tourism in Brazil. I would like to know good and practical tips for non profits to good repercussion ...
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Can a non-profit entity form a for-profit small business?
Can a non-profit organization with federal tax exempt under section 501(c) form a child commercial company? Of course, the small business is not the main theme of the mother company, just a ...
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Is it possible to get funding to buy a Canadian non-profit company and turn it for-profit [closed]
I'm going to be vague and have used a new anonymous account to hide my identity because I don't want the other parties involved to know about my question.
I'm a developer who has been working on ...
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Are there any startup incubators or similar resources for a not-for-profit project?
I have an idea for a project that's not-for-profit (not necessarily non-profit) and I'm looking for something between a grant and start-up incubator — somewhere where I can get feedback on the idea on ...
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What ideas are better left for non-profit?
I have recently been working on a site which showcases open source projects. My partner and I have discussed business plans (with premium services and whatnot), but finally decided to keep the project ...
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What are the benefits for providing free services to a 501 non profit as a LLC?
I have been freelancing as a web designer/developer for about 5 years. Along the way I had a friend who started a 501 non profit and I offered to design and host their website for free. I never got a ...
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What is the definition of a non-profit startup?
I have seen some entrepreneurs use the term non-profit startup. What exactly is a non-profit startup?
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One or two companies
I am facing a dilemma:
Currently my mobile/web development start-up company is working on two non-profit projects, that may find an audience and therefore promote the company's name among mobile ...
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Can I do volunteer work for Non profit Organization while on H1B for other company?
I am currently on H1B visa, I want to do some volunteer work for a non profit organization on my free time and weekends, helping with some web development. I will not get any monetary benefits from ...
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Can I run a web-based Non-Profit Org while living abroad?
I want to register as a non-profit org., but I'm not sure how it'd work because I'm leaving in a couple months to work in Asia for a year or more.
My website is for international photography if that ...
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Is it legal to accept donations as an LLC?
Similar questions have been asked, but I'm still not completely understanding. I have an LLC that sells apparel, and people have offered to give us donations because the idea of our company is to ...
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What kind of business can a non-profit not do?
I'm thinking of starting a non-profit organization, but I don't know much about non-profit vs. for-profit and whether it makes sense for me to go after a for-profit company. My sole purpose is not to ...
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Selling using the honor system
This is sort of a follow up to a post a few months back. I recently converted a solo software project into a "business" (in quotes because it has a non-profit motivation and I make very little at ...
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What advantages do tech startups with tax exempt 501(c)(3) status enjoy beyond tax exemption, if any?
This past March I co-founded a (for-profit) NV corporation, which created a Facebook App in the C2C social gifting space. This software, however, can be used in multiple industries, and I wanted to ...
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Forced to sign intellectual property agreement or be terminated after 4 years of service
I have worked for a small 25 employee non-profit in the US for the past 4 years. About 9 months ago, I identified some deficiencies within the company in the areas of data management and ...
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How to convince employees of small business to make a difference in the world?
I am owner of a small start up web+mobile development company. We are 2 full time programmers (including myself) and 4 part time programmers. I asked my team a question: Do you think it's important ...
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Donation Platform: LLC or a 501(c)(3)?
I am starting a for-profit online donation platform. My company currently is an LLC and I have gotten conflicting reports on whether or not I need to convert to a 501(c)(3) so that the passthrough ...
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How to get seed funding for non-profit?
I have a concept for a non-profit organization which would solve huge problems (think "climate change" for example) with money raised by aggregating very small payments from businesses for financial ...
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Deciding on a tax structure
I wish to start a small business and while at first the goal will be to strengthen a community it would be nice to possible make money in the end. A group of us has gotten together to work on this ...
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Creating non-profit startup from open-source software project
I founded an open-source software project for voting about 8 years ago. It has been mostly a solo project, and it is very successful in that it is by far the most well known and most used software in ...
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What are the business opportunities for de jure non-profit startup?
Our technical startup - overlooking public finance - must have non-profit badge to claim neutrality and attract community.
What is the financial and business aspect?
Can we have other sources of ...
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Founder's value
I'm the founder of a start-up that I later incorporated as a 501c3. I continued as Exec Director working with a Board of my choosing. After 11 years, I'm thinking of retiring and creating a FT ...
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How might a non-profit public service website be valued?
Assume a website that provides a free service to a certain community (disability related). The site is run by a charitable foundation and there's no charge for the users of the site. There are 2 ...
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what are the steps in creating a non profit foundation/site?
Anyone know in Canada where to register?
What are the other steps?
Has anyone done it that can summarize the steps?
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Where to draw the line between non-profit and profit project
I have this project, where I'm about to create a political debate website. The election time in my country has just passed so there are quite a few people with questions for the politicians, and it ...
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Free ESPs (Email Service Providers) for Tax Exempt Non-Profit organizations?
My Tax Exempt 501(c)(3)non-profit organization is launching a new web application. We will be generating large amounts of emails between our users. We estimate that we will be sending and receiving ...
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501c3 Startup Community/Forums
I'm thinking of starting a nonprofit 501c3 charity, but I haven't been able to find any online community where charity and nonprofit issues/questions are discussed.
Does anyone out there who has ...
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A Site with area for donations
I am starting up a site for people to go to in order to post messages to the 33 Chilean miners who are trapped in that mine shaft for possibly 3 months. Is it legal for me to put up a donation button ...
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What Techniques Can All Volunteer Organizations Learn From Startups?
I volunteer with a neighborhood group and wanted to know your thoughts on startup management, motivation, organization, etc. techniques that I can apply to all volunteer organizations. It seems that ...
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Non-Profit Startup Resources
I've never started a business before, let alone a charitable, non-profit organization. I search the web and find a lot of information, but other than common sense, I don't know how to tell what is ...
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How do I weight the risk/benefit of incorporating as a non-profit verses an for profit LLC?
I have a start-up that could potentially qualify for non-profit 501(c)(3) status (an educational Q&A website for a specific branch of Psychology). The business would incur some debt and have ...
