Here are the ways I could help you with your non-profit organization:

* I will help you start, run, transfer control of, and terminate your non-profit organization.

 

* If your organization qualifies for one of the multiple categories of tax-exempt status, I will help you get that status.

 

* I will help you understand how to properly engage in "business activity" as a non-profit as a way of supporting your non-profit purposes and activities.  Yes, non-profits can make money!

 

* I will help you understand the laws governing your employees, create clear standard agreements with employees and an employee handbook, and teach you when you can legitimately use independent contractors.

 

* I will help you prepare standard contracts and agreements that protect your organization, help you get paid, and establish high-quality relationships with your stakeholders.

 

* I will help you buy, refinance, or sell your organization's commercial real estate.

 

* If your organization qualifies, I will help you obtain exemption from local property taxes.

 

* I will help you understand and negotiate leases, whether you are the landlord or the tenant.

 

* I will help you negotiate deals and work out solutions to difficult situations.

 

*  I strongly believe that "win-win" is by far the best end result and I am good at helping people get there.

 

Standard Packages

 

Tax-Exempt Status Package #1 - I will do all the work. ($2,500.00)

 

If your organization wants to be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) , that is, its purposes and activities will be exclusively charitable, educational, scientific, and/or literary, I will create your non-profit corporation and prepare your application for tax-exempt status. This package price assumes that the preparation work for the project is reasonably "normal." Any work I need to do beyond the "ordinary" will be charged at my normal hourly rate of $200.00/hour. Any post-application work I do with the IRS to assist them to process your application will be charged at my normal hourly rate. My legal charges do not include the fees required by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the IRS.

 

Tax-Exempt Status Package #2 - I will teach you to do the work ($1,500.00)

 

Some clients want to tackle the process of creating their non-profit corporation and applying to the IRS for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status on their own.  If you are one of these folks and your organization is reasonably "normal," I will teach you how to establish your non-profit corporation and apply for tax-exempt status.  I will provide you with model documents, teach you exactly how to do each step correctly, as well as explain the underlying legal concepts governing tax-exempt organizations. I will also review your work before you submit your documents to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the IRS. Any work I do in addition to the teaching and reviewing will be charged at my normal hourly rate of $200.00/hour. Any post-application work I do with the IRS to assist them to process your application will be charged at my normal hourly rate.

 

The Geographical Area I Serve

 

Most of my non-profit clients are located in Franklin and Hampshire Counties of Massachusetts. I do,  however, work with organizations located all around the Commonwealth.  In  addition, I will help non-profit organizations in any state apply for  tax-exempt status with the  IRS.