Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Colorado and Wyoming

Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and this is the 14th in a series of “Quick Tip” episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations.

In an earlier episode, we talked about filing in Delaware and California, which are the most frequently used by our clients, most of whom have a connection with California. Other episodes have focused on the state filing requirements in Nevada and Arizona, Washington State and Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii, New York and New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut, Maine and Vermont, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, Florida and Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas, and last month New Mexico and Utah.

Today, with Joe Hilliard's help, we examine the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Colorado and Wyoming.

You can find all the prior episodes on our website or the Farella YouTube Channel, where there is a playlist just for state filing requirements. In future episodes, we'll work our way through the rest of the states.

Show Notes:

Farella YouTube podcast channel

Colorado:

Colorado Business Organizations Front Page: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/business/businessHome.html

Colorado Current Entity Search: https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.do

Colorado Secretary of State Formation and Filing Document Database: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/business/forms_main.html#Nonprofit

Colorado Filings FAQ: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/business/FAQs/filing.html

Colorado Business Fee Schedule: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/info_center/fees/business.html

Colorado Domestic Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation online form: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/business/helpFiles/NonprofitCorpintro.html

Colorado Domestic Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation Instructions: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/business/helpFiles/NonprofitCorpChecklist.pdf

Colorado Statement of Foreign Entity Authority Instructions: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/business/helpFiles/AUTHORITY_HELP.html

Colorado Statement of Foreign Entity Authority Tutorial: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/info_center/eLearningCourses/FilingAStatementOfForeignEntityAuthority/index.html

Colorado Statement of Foreign Entity Authority Sample form: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/business/sampleForms/AUTHORITY.pdf

Colorado Periodic Report Filing FAQ: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/business/FAQs/reports.html

Colorado Secretary of State Charities and Fundraisers homepage: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/charities/charitableHome.html

Colorado Secretary of State Charities and Fundraisers FAQ: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/charities/instructions/charity/registration.html

Colorado Charities Fee Schedule: https://www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/info_center/fees/charitable.html

Colorado Department of Revenue Tax Exemptions Qualifications: https://tax.colorado.gov/tax-exemption-qualifications

Wyoming:

Wyoming Secretary of State Business & UCC Center: https://sos.wyo.gov/Business/Default.aspx

Wyoming Secretary of State Business Center homepage: https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/Default.aspx

Wyoming Secretary of State online business registration page: https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/RegistrationInstr.aspx

Wyoming Secretary of State current entity database: https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/FilingSearch.aspx

Wyoming Secretary of State Business FAQ: https://sos.wyo.gov/FAQS.aspx?root=BUS

Wyoming Secretary of State Forms: https://sos.wyo.gov/Forms/Default.aspx?root=Business

Wyoming Secretary of State Domestic Nonprofit Articles Form: https://sos.wyo.gov/Forms/Business/NP/NP-ArticlesIncorporation.pdf

Wyoming Secretary of State Foreign Nonprofit Corporation Application for Certificate of Authority: https://sos.wyo.gov/Forms/Business/FNP/FNP-CertificateAuthority.pdf

Wyoming Secretary of State Annual Report filing page: https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business/AnnualReport.aspx

Wyoming Department of Revenue homepage: https://revenue.wyo.gov

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