== Starting a non-profit organization ==

Some starting points for learning how to create a non-profit organization:

[[http://nonprofit.about.com/jobs/nonprofit/library/weekly/blonestart.htm/|Starting a non-profit, one-page answerbook]]
[[http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/keywords/1l.html/|Non-Profit startup FAQ]]

-- DavidSmith
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[[http://www.teleport.com/~tacs/index.htm|TACS]] seems to be an organization that could help us.  I've never had any contact with them, so I can't say for sure.

[[http://www.guidestar.org/|Guidestar]] is a database of over 700,000 non-profits, many with their IRS/financial info.  There may be similar organizations we could emulate.

[[http://www.doj.state.or.us/ChariGroup/welcome2.htm|State Dept of Justice- Charitable Activities]]

[[http://www.sos.state.or.us/corporation/corphp.htm|Secretary of State- Corporation Division]]

[[http://www.upa.pdx.edu/PA/INPM/|PSU Institute of Nonprofit Management]]

--BillHolmstrom
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Link to a document outlining the process and which step we are currently
on ...
http://www.fahrenheitmedia.com/non-profit.htm  -- Jesse Mccrum

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Oregon Public Networking http://www.opn.org is a nonprofit-centric ISP in Eugene.  They had a fight with the IRS http://www.opn.org/irs/   film at 11.

Don't know the resolution of this.  OPN seems to be talking about the community-based low/no cost Internet that many at PTP imagine with wireless... they have been around a while with this kind of mission statement.  Corvallis' Peak.org caters to nonprofits but I don't think is a nonprofit.

Does anyone know of any nonprofit CLECs?

The City of Portland / Portland Development Commission is proposing throwing $.25M/year (cap investment annualized at 7 years minus projected revenue) at subsidizing fiber loops to N/NE and Outer-SE Portland neighborhoods and HELPING QWEST UPGRADE THEIR COPPER in order to extend the reach of DSL and higher-end network services offered in these "distressed" areas.  So there is definitely some motivation and available funding.  If wireless can solve the problems for cheaper...

-- Jerritt
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