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501.c Preparation-QUICK METHOD

 

 

 

QUICK METHOD-

How To Get Started With
Your Ministry or Foundation

There is no hard and fast rule as to how to get your Foundation at NHF going. 

  But if you have in mind getting other people involved and raising funds from the public, you might examine these steps and take those appropriate to your situation. 

 This is indeed an important part of our National Heritage - people having ideas as to how they can make life more meaningful for others - and then organizing and persuading others to get involved. 

We really don't need bigger bureaucracies. We just need more people to people activities.

1.

Begin Your Foundation at NHF - Just fill out the application and send it in with at least $385. You will receive back a lovely parchment certificate, plus our printed materials. The certificate is appropriate for your office or den wall, and will help qualify you in materials you might publish.                                                    CONTACT US for application and then pay ONLINE: 

http://www.illuminations4u.org/contact.html

 

2.

Write Down Your Ideas - No budget, no fund raising plan. This is just the idea that you have on ordinary white paper. In fact it is called a "White Paper" or an "idea sheet." Please include information about yourself.

3.

Present Your Paper to Friends and Associates - Use all social and business occasions to present your idea. From each person you will want them to

  • Stand Up and Be Counted With You on your letterhead as a Board of Regents (no legal responsibility, just advisory),

  • Give You Their Counsel from Time to Time (assure them there will be few or no meetings), and

  • Give Personally or Get from Others at Least $1,000 Over the Next 12 Months. Be insistent but lenient about the financial commitment. They can give $100 per month or raise funds from others, but don't just put a person on your letterhead for "cosmetic" purpose.
4.

With help from your advisory board, develop your letterhead, brochure and other literature. Remember to include a "commitment page" where your prospect can indicate what he or she will do for your foundation. The words "A National Heritage Foundation" should be placed on all of your literature to identify your relation to us. We'd like to see and help you with the design of your literature. Contact NHF for assistance.

5.

Develop Your Fundraising Plan. Now that you have your nonprofit status under NHF, your letterhead, literature and leadership, it's time to plan your fundraising events. Even if it is a yard sale or car wash, the $500 - $600 will help your Foundation to grow. Contact NHF to borrow our Fundraising Library which consists of 50 hours of fundraising cassettes, plus booklets on 12 subjects. Make yourself a copy (or copies) and let those interested explore different topics. Or, you may choose to buy the fundraising CD-rom for $9.95. It contains the same information as the tapes and booklets, but it is your to keep. 

Just fill out the Fundraising CD Order Form and send it to us.

6.

And Now That You've Planned Your Work, Work Your Plan!:

The busiest person in the world can get a lot done by...

  • Organizing - figuring out what you want to do.
  • Deputizing - getting people to accept certain responsibilities, and
  • Supervising - making certain they did what they agreed to do.

Since NHF is doing all the administrative work, you simply have the fun of making your foundation idea successful!

 

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501.c Preparation-LONG METHOD 

 

 

          1. Preparation of forms for incorporation at the state level;           2. Obtaining forms for obtaining a tax identification number;

        3. Preparation of the 501 (c)(3) documents;                                4. Preparation of corporate bylaws. 

  

TOWERS IN THE VINEYARD, INC.

657 FARRAGUT STREET +++ WASHINGTON, DC 20011

(202) 291-3003++ Cell: (240) 461-0985 

  

   FIRST Donation: $1,000.00    Secure Transaction   

   (Special Hardship Option  $525.00 +  $ 525.00=$1050.00)   

    1st payment

        2nd payment        

   

 

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT 
This agreement is made this ___ day of ______________, 2003 by and between ___________________________ of ________________________ (hereafter Client) and Towers of the Vineyards, Inc. and its associates (hereafter Towers). Specifically:  
Whereas Client desires to begin a non profit corporation and desires to complete federal and state requirements for such and Whereas Towers and its associates have knowledge of the state and federal procedures. 

The parties agree that Towers will perform the following document preparation: 

1. Preparation of forms for incorporation at the state level;

2. Obtaining forms for obtaining a tax identification number;

3. Preparation of the 501 (c)(3) documents;

4. Preparation of corporate bylaws. 

The parties agree that Towers is not providing legal advice and Client may seek legal advice from an attorney from Client’s state at any stage of this process. 

The fee for this service is $2000.00.plus all state and federal fees.

Client will return a signed copy of this Memorandum with an initial deposit of $1000. 00. The balance is due upon completion. The parties agree that the fee covers an initial submission of the 501 (c)(3) documents to the Internal Revenue Service. If additional documents are required by the IRS, the parties agree that there will be an additional charge based upon the amount of documentation required.  

 ______________________   _____________________

                                     Client       Towers in the Vineyard, Inc.

________________________

Address

________________________

Phone 
                                  

                                     

  FINAL  Donation: $1,000.00       

  Secure Transaction 

   

Special Hardship Option: ($525.00 + 525.00) = $1050.00   

      3rd payment

             Final(4th) Payment) 

          
   

           

 
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