Which Rational Unicorn Attorney are you working with for this project?
Joe Anderson
Elena Fewell Howard
Nicole Hetz
Michael Jonas
Sunny Kakwani
Lindy Laurence
Justine Olimene
Justin Samuels
Jay Smith
Lisa Thorsson
Location
California
Oregon
Washington
Other/somewhere else/not sure
Name
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First Name
Last Name
Email
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Phone
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Please write out one sentence summarizing the purpose of your nonprofit.
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The Secretary of State's Office limits this to 250 characters or less - think a sentence or two.
The purpose can be a combination of product or service types, with or without descriptions like "socially responsible", "sustainable", "provided to low-income communities", etc.
What is the address of your principal place of business?
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This cannot be a PO box. It must be a street address (either commercial or residential). This will be public facing.
Would you like to use a different address as the mailing address?
All address on the filing are public facing (principal place of business, the registered agent address, and the mailing address). The mailing address may be a PO box.
Will your organization have members?
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An organization does not need to have members. If an organization has members under state law, they will be afforded certain rights granted to them in your governing documents.
e.g. Voting rights, election rights. Alternatively, you can opt to have the power to create a non-voting membership.
See: http://boardsource.org/resources/membership-organization/ for an informative blog on membership structure.
Board of directors only
Voting members and a board of directors
Non-voting members and a board of directors
Help me decide
Name of Board Member #1 (President)
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Hint - this might be you. Federal requirements are three board members at minimum (president, secretary and treasurer). If you don't have three names in place right now, we can add the third later.
First Name
Last Name
Address of Board Member #1
If preferred - you can also use one of the above addresses
Phone Number of Board Member #1
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Telephone numbers are required to be submitted to the DOJ Charitable Division when registering a 501c3.
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Name of Board Member #2 (Secretary)
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First Name
Last Name
Phone Number of Board Member #2
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Telephone numbers are required to be submitted to the DOJ Charitable Division when registering a 501c3.
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Address of Board Member #2
If preferred - you can also use one of the above addresses
Name of Board Member #3 (Treasurer)
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First Name
Last Name
Phone Number of Board Member #3
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Telephone numbers are required to be submitted to the DOJ Charitable Division when registering a 501c3.
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Address of Board Member #3
If preferred - you can also use one of the above addresses
Do you have more board members?
Some organizations start with more than three board members. If you have names and addresses, list them here. We can also add then later if you let us know via email.
Please list the name, address and telephone number of all Officers who are not a part of the Board of Directors
This will be public-facing. For example, it is advised that an executive director not be a part of the board of directors.
Please list the name, address and telephone number of all Key Employees and Trustees
This will be public-facing. A key employee generally is an employee that has or shares the ability to control more than 10% of the nonprofit's spending.
Registered Agent Choice
As a default, we will use Board Member #1 and the address of your nonprofit's physical principal place of business as your registered agent. If you prefer another name and address for Registered Agent, please provide name & physical mailing address for registered agent.
Default - use Board Member #1 and the address of your nonprofit's physical principal place of business
Another name and address for Registered Agent - Provide these below
I have questions or need more time to think about this
Information for Another Registered Agent
As a default, we will use Board Member #1 and the address of your nonprofit's physical principal place of business as your registered agent. If you prefer another name and address for Registered Agent, please provide name & physical mailing address for registered agent.
Read more: https://sos.oregon.gov/business/pages/registered-agents-service-of-process.aspx
Should we file this right away?
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Yes, make it so!
No, please wait because I have questions or may need to change something