[Cz-L] Re: [czernowitz2006] U.S. tax-exempt status

Miriam (Mimi) Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>

> Hi Mimi and all,
>
> Hope you had a good trip home. We made our connection in Vienna and our
> luggage made it too, so we were happy. We have hardly had time to review and
> absorb all of our experiences, because we spent the weekend babysitting
> for the grandsons.
>
> Over the weekend we took great joy from usually ignored or even disdained
> American conveniences -- a fast breakfast with the kids at McDonald's; an
> 11-mile ride (in 15 minutes!) to a WalMart, where we chose from a decadent
> array of toys; and of course, clean, odorless, fully functioning public
> bathrooms!
>
> Re forming a non-profit organization: I don't know that there's such a thing
> as a non-profit international organization. I was involved in filing for
> U.S. 501(c)(3) status many years ago for the Jewish Genealogy Society of
> Long Island. First we had to be incorporated, which our president's brother
> handled for us pro bono. I think New York State charged a $250 filing fee.
> Then Linda (the president) and I filled out the 35-page Internal Revenue
> Service application ourselves, using another organization's form as a model.
> We were very proud when the application was accepted. The process was
> time-consuming and a bit daunting, but obviously doable by a non-lawyer.
>
> The 501(c)(3) status makes donations to our society tax deductible in the
> U.S. and exempts us from payment of U.S. taxes on income. There are some
> other categories of tax-exempt organization but it's likely that the
> organization you'd like to create falls into the 501(c)(3) category.
>
> See www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/index.html for more information.
>
> Renee
>
> Renee Stern Steinig
> Dix Hills, New York, USA
> rsteinig_at_suffolk.lib.ny.us
>
> Mimi Taylor wrote...
>
>> ... If any of you have knowledge about establishing a non-profit
>> international organization and the proper and legal ways of collecting
>> and disbursing money, I would value any advice.
>
Dear Renee,

My flight home was not uneventful, I arrived home minus one suitcase and had
I not insisted in Vienna on taking my small suitcase on board, I would have
arrived minus two suitcases. I got the missing suitcase a day later, so all
is well. It is nice to be home, but I am sorry I did not have more time to
explore the architecture of Czernowitz.

As to the cemetery, maybe it is not necessary to create a nonprofit
organization, but since large sums of money may eventually be involved, we
certainly need to set this up legally and properly. We shall also need a
number of people who are willing to put in a lot of work. At this point the
work is mainly one of finding information and transmitting it to all of us
in a concise form. Personally, I have a lot of work to catch up on, I also
will be going away for some time, so I would like to ask that any one
interested, please obtain the information and send it to the rest of us in
digest form.

Eventually I think that we should involve many more Czernowitzers,
I intend to send a letter to Die Stimme, but even now, let's hold
discussions about this topic, through the Cz. - List, which has far more
members than the Yahoo group.

Thank you Renee,

                Mimi
Received on 2006-05-30 07:56:10