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US Federal tax issues of nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charities only. Establishing and maintaining legal requirements for such non-profit organizations in the United States, including Internal Revenue service filings and requirements. I will not be working on this free forum to answer questions about Nonprofit's unrelated or for-profit businesses or how to fill out forms. This forum is only for general questions about federal tax law, not as the law applies to your specific situation. To search my previous answers you can do a Google search: <br /> site:allexperts.com/q/nonprofit <br /> [with your other search terms appended].

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2009-11-08 gift giving to members of church:

I am assuming that the church gives receipts to donors that they may deduct donations. Then the answer is no, unless the gifts are religious items such as religious books. Otherwise, tax deductible donations

2009-11-08 fraudulant use of 501(c)3:

I have in my profile that this free forum is only for relevant IRS federal exemption issues of 501(c)(3) organizations. Your issues are controlled by state law and states may differ somewhat with how they

2009-11-08 Individual accounts from fund raising:

The IRS may have a problem with a 501(c)(3) organization allowing individuals to collect funds to go for their own, private benefit. See www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/02-0041.pdf on the top of page 2 about

2009-11-07 legal risk for board members:

Are the Board members volunteers? Let me know and I will then send you some information. Also, your issue is controlled by state law and states may differ somewhat with how they would treat such issues

2009-11-07 Inurement:

The IRS does not prohibit fundraising earmarked for a team where there are more than a few members. They have not published the exact number of members of the team that would be the minimum, however.

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