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Originally Posted by Sen's Revenge
Congrats on your incorporation! I am an incorporator of Gamma Xi Phi. :-)
You don't need to have a determination letter to be incorporated or refer to yourself as nonprofit. One should have plans to get one eventually, but they will get that done on the time frame which works for them.
ETA: For the record, I am not saying that it is proper or legal for them to pretend to have a tax-status that they do not have or to accept donations or apply for grants meant for 501 (c)(3) organizations. I am saying that the tax determination letter is not the most important thing for a young organization. Incorporation is good, getting a (c)(7) or (c)(10) tax designation is a nice goal, as is trademarking the symbols and securing insurance. When you're a small organization of limited means, you take one thing at a time.
One can identify as a nonprofit org on the local/state level without having a federal designation.
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We do have our papers :3 and we are looking into insurance. It is so expensive though! We are taking things one step at a time because we are small now, but that does not mean we are not mighty! We are hoping to have insurance in two to three years.