**This site looks especially helpful. Based on a
free class taught in Seattle since 1995
http://www.form1023help.com is designed to
help new non-profit organizations complete IRS Form
1023, the Application for Exempt Status Under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. You'll find a
discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of
501(c)(3) status and a page by page guide to Form 1023,
along with lots of additional helpful information*
Fundraising
Resources:
FOLUSA, Friends of Libraries USA
http://www.folusa.org
FOLUSA
News Update - Published 6 times a year by Friends of
Libraries USA, news from Friends across the country.
WebJunction (a resource from the Gates Library
Foundation) is an online community of libraries and
other agencies sharing knowledge and experience to
provide the broadest public access to information
technology. Although, their primary focus is on public
access computing they have extensive fundraising
resources at:http://webjunction.org/do
It includes information on forming a friends group and
applying for nonprofit status.
