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Originally Posted by ΣKΞFounder
We are still with our Beta and we are still Greek. Just because the Alpha's are having issues does not mean they should be cast out from the Fraternity. We do not believe that is right. We just received our papers today and we are officially Sigma Kappa Xi Multicultural Fraternity Inc. and we are all very proud and excited to be a non-prof Inc. fraternity.
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Congrats on your incorporation! I am an incorporator of Gamma Xi Phi. :-)
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Originally Posted by Titchou
So you've gotten your 501 C 7 Letter of Determination from the IRS?
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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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