Getting Started
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Certification
Application for Certification
Conditions of
Certification form
Steps for
Starting a Certified Program in Texas
Legislation
• Texas
Government Code, Chapter 414
• Texas
Administrative Code, Title 1, Part 1, Chapter 3
How to Incorporate, Nonprofit
Information
• Incorporation of a Nonprofit Organization Forms
• Sample
Articles of Incorporation/Bylaws
• Secretary of State, Form
202 Articles of Incorporation
• IRS, Form
SS-4 Employer Identification Number
• IRS, Packet
557 Tax Exempt Status for Your Organization
IRS Tax Exempt Status
Information
• Internal
Revenue Service, FAQs Forms
• IRS, Form 1023
Recognition of Exemption, Instructions
• IRS, Form 1023
Recognition of Exemption, Application
Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov
Secretary of State Forms www.sos.state.tx.us
State Comptroller Information www.window.state.tx.us
Founding
a Non-Profit Organization
Texas
Nonprofit Corporation Act
Community Program
Sample Forms
• Articles of Incorporation
• Bylaws
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Campus Program
College/University
Brochure
Scholastic (MS, JHS,
HS) Brochure
Sample Forms
• Application for
Board of Directors
• Bylaws
• Operating Procedures
Scholastic Crime Stoppers Program-A Cost-Benefit Perspective- by Giant Abutalebi Aryani, Carl Alsabrook, Terry Garrett
