Starting & Ending Friends
- Friends-legal-status-separate-from-library.docx
- Checklist to start a new NC Friends of the Library
- Articles of Incorporation--IRS template
- Libraries Need Friends: A toolkit to create Friends groups or to revitalize the one you have
- Friends of the Tennessee Libraries—Tool Kit for Building a Library Friends Group
- How to Start a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization in NC by NC Center for Nonprofits
- Bylaws checklist for a 501 (c) 3
- Sample Bylaws from NC Center for Nonprofits
- Top ten ways to attract new FOTL members
- Friends of the Tennessee Libraries—Ideas Kit for Developing/Revitalizing a Friends Group
- IRS—Applying for Tax Exempt Status
- IRS-Application process for tax exempt organizations
- IRS Form 1023 Prerequisite Questions
- Guide to Succeeding in the Nonprofit Sector
- MOU the Basics (FONCPL developed)
- Incorporation for a Nonprofit—State of NC
- Article: Understanding the difference between a 501 (c) 3 and a 509 (a) 2 status for Friends
- Friends Annual Report
- Friends Record retention & destruction guide
Dissolving a Friends group
- Nonprofit Dissolution: What to Do When Closing the Doors
- Dissolving a Nonprofit Corporation—National Council of Nonprofits
- Filing a Nonprofit Corporation Dissolution in NC
- NC Secretary of State form: Article of Dissolution by Directors, Members, and Third Parties
You will be required to submit a plan of dissolution required by NCGS 55A-14-03
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