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How to Start A Nonprofit

There are 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and approximately 21,000 of those are registered in Arizona. With all these nonprofits already in existence — and so many challenged with staying in existence — it is important to reflect on whether creating a new organization is the best route to having the impact you want.

Our How to Start a Nonprofit guide, a free resource, invites you and the people working with you to think about the difference you seek to make and the structure best suited to move forward. The 40-page interactive guide leads you through key decision-making steps to determine whether a nonprofit is the best way to accomplish your goals. If you decide to move forward with a nonprofit, How to Start a Nonprofit guide walks you through the compliance and good-practice steps to become operational.

Topics in this guide include:
  • Before You Begin
  • How to Decide
  • How to Start a Nonprofit
  • How to Run a Nonprofit
  • Resources, Checklists and Worksheets

This resource resulted from the generous advice and resource-sharing of the following nonprofit experts:

Bruce Weber, Weber Group | Carolyn Sechler, Sechler 501 Consulting | David Martinez, Vitalyst Health Foundation | Kristina Morgan, Sechler Morgan CPAs | Laura LoBianco, Lewis Roca | Lisa Lumbard, Lumbard Consulting, LLC. | Robert Brown, Schmitt Schneck Casey Even & Williams, P.C.

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