[Cash-and-caring] Question about fundraising when your division doesn't have a 501(C3) tax letter?

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

Perhaps this would be a good discussion for a president’s university conference call.

 

From: Cash-and-Caring [mailto:cash-and-caring-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chang, Patti via Cash-and-Caring
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2017 8:50 AM
To: Fund-raising assistance for Chapters and Affiliates <cash-and-caring at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Chang, Patti <PChang at nfb.org>
Subject: Re: [Cash-and-caring] Question about fundraising when your division doesn't have a 501(C3) tax letter?

 

That is incorrect. Again, people are mixing up 501 c 3 status and employee identification numbers. They are two totally different things. We do want separate EINs but we do not want separate 501 c 3 status for our divisions or chapters. Once you are a 501 c 3 there are all kinds of government requirements including the filing of 990s. If anyone has specific questions please call me. We do not want to confuse people on this list. 

I fear that this list conversation is going to cause more questions than answer questions. This stuff gets complicated and confusing andit would be best if I could walk people through it as they have specific inquiries. 


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From: Cash-and-Caring [mailto:cash-and-caring-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dacia Cole via Cash-and-Caring
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2017 8:33 AM
To: Fund-raising assistance for Chapters and Affiliates
Cc: Dacia Cole
Subject: Re: [Cash-and-caring] Question about fundraising when your division doesn't have a 501(C3) tax letter?

Well something I'm not sure I mentioned, but I'm asking these questions on behalf of a national division not one for a specific state.

Dacia


On 3/9/17, Everett Gavel via Cash-and-Caring <cash-and-caring at nfbnet.org <mailto:cash-and-caring at nfbnet.org> > wrote:
> Hi Bridgit, and All
>
> My memory is about as good as my eyesight these days, so please 
> forgive me if I’m wrong here. But it seems to me that back around the 
> turn of the millennium, give or take a couple of years, Peggy Elliott 
> was giving a nationwide push, encouraging chapters to get their own 
> nonprofit numbers, i.e., 501(c)(3)s -- and to try to stop using the 
> affiliates. I’m sure someone here can clarify. But the chapter I was 
> with in Ohio back then, we got our own at that point.
>
>
> Strive On!
> Everett
>
>
> From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter <bkpollpeter at gmail.com <mailto:bkpollpeter at gmail.com> >
> Subject: Re: [Cash-and-caring] Question about fundraising when your 
> division doesn't have a 501(C3) tax letter?
>
> Does this mean my chapter should apply for our own 501 C3 nonprofit status?
> Our affiliate went through this a few years back, and chapter’s and 
> state division’s were told we could just use the affiliate’s status.
> Bridgit
>
>
> ----- original message -----
> The government frown upon sharing of EIN numbers. Please give me a 
> call at
> 773 307 6440.
>
>
>
>

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