Any brehs or brehettes have experience with non-profits?

[calixprynce]

I want to start a non profit that help at-risk minorities get counseling and grants/funds to go to college.
Any help or advice ? Anyone of you ever start a non profit ? I know I couldve went to YT or Google , but I wanted first hand accounts from blk ppl .

 

[shhh-kull & bones]

I want to start a non profit that help at-risk minorities get counseling and grants/funds to go to college.
Any help or advice ? Anyone of you ever start a non profit ? I know I couldve went to YT or Google , but I wanted first hand accounts from blk ppl .

I started the motions for something like that in Newark...but because of some personal setbacks I had to put a hold on it

Also Newark is a funny place... I started talking about that with a few guys after moving there 2 years ago....those guys were looking at me like I was from another planet

I mean I worked as a teaching artist in new york city for many years at a few non-profits

I got into real estate and still wanted to reach out to the Newark area...but again got very funny looks from my own people


Anyway I presented the 501c3 idea and how to get funding

Since there was so much paperwork to be filed and everything would have to be legit those guys got scared away

Those guys wanted to work under the table without paying taxes or have insurance

cause that's really what you need to have a non-profit of that type

1. 501c 3 status( with by laws and board)
2.Tax TIN
3. Insurance
4. License to solicit funding/grants from state and or fedz
*Bonus- Lawyer, accountant

I started the process but had to put things on hold...its not difficult-should take about a year or less to start after doing all the paper work

but again working with folks in the community sometimes can be weird

Hopefully that helps

 

[calixprynce]

I started the motions for something like that in Newark...but because of some personal setbacks I had to put a hold on it

Also Newark is a funny place... I started talking about that with a few guys after moving there 2 years....those guys were looking at me like I was from another planet

I mean I worked as a teaching artist in new york city for many years at a few non-profits

I got into real estate and still wanted to reach out to the Newark area...but again got very funny looks from my own people


Anyway I presented the 501c3 idea and how to get funding

Since there was so much paperwork to be filed and everything would have to be legit those guys got scared away

Those guys wanted to work under the table without paying taxes or have insurance

cause that's really what you need to have a non-profit of that type

1. 501c 3 status( with by laws and board)
2.Tax TIN
3. Insurance
4. License to solicit funding/grants from state and or fedz
*Bonus- Lawyer, accountant

I started the process but had to put things on hold...its not difficult-should take about a year or less to start after doing all the paper work

but again working with folks in the community sometimes can be weird

Hopefully that helps

wish i could rep you . off to do some research on Step one

 

[shhh-kull & bones]

wish i could rep you . off to do some research on Step one

no worries, its my pleasure breh...post any updates if you can and let me know how its going

best of luck