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