Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Massachusetts and Connecticut
Welcome to EO Radio Show – Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and episode 55 is the sixth in a series of Quick Tip episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. In previous episodes, we talked about a number of states. If you want to go back and look at them, episode 38 was Delaware and California, which are the most frequently used by our clients - most of whom have a connection with California; 40 focused on filings in Nevada and Arizona; 43 looked at Washington State and Oregon; 47 addressed Alaska and Hawaii; and most recently episode 52 looked at New York and New Jersey. With the help of Joe Hilliard today, we look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Massachusetts and Connecticut. We'll work through the rest of the states in future episodes.
Resources:
Nonprofit state filings YouTube playlist
For Massachusetts:
- Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Corporations page: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/corporations.htm
- Massachusetts online filing FAQ: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations//general-information/corporations-app-help.htm
- Massachusetts fax filing FAQ: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/filing-methods/corporations-file-by-fax.htm
- Massachusetts Forms database: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/filing-methods/corporations-downloadable-forms.htm
- Massachusetts Filing Fees: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/general-information/corporations-filing-fees.htm
- Massachusetts Current Entity database: https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx
- Massachusetts Nonprofit Corporations FAQ: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/filing-by-subject/corporations/corporations-domestic-non-profit.htm
- Massachusetts Domestic Articles of Incorporation form: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/download/180art.pdf
- Massachusetts Foreign Corporations FAQ: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/filing-by-subject/corporations/corporations-domestic-foreign.htm
- Massachusetts Foreign Certificate of Registration: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/download/c156ds1503950c11348.pdf
- Massachusetts Annual Report form: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/corporations/download/180npcar.pdf
- Massachusetts Attorney General Charities Registration website: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/the-attorney-generals-non-profit-organizationspublic-charities-division
- Massachusetts Sales Tax Exemption FAQ: https://www.mass.gov/guides/sales-and-use-tax
For Connecticut:
- Connecticut Secretary of State Business website: https://business.ct.gov/
- Connecticut Personalized Checklist Generator: https://service.ct.gov/business/s/start-new-business-checklist?language=en_US
- Connecticut Business Services FAQ: https://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Business-Services/BSD
- Connecticut Domestic Corporation Forms: https://business.ct.gov/Manage/All-business-filings/Corporate-Filings?language=en_US
- Connecticut Nonstock Certificate of Incorporation: https://business.ct.gov/forms-and-fees?language=en_US
- Connecticut Nonstock Organization and First Report: https://business.ct.gov/-/media/BusinessOneStop/BRS-Forms/Corporation-Forms/Organization-and-1st-Report-Stock-or-Nonstock-r5b-FILLABLE-Corrected-042020-1.pdf
- Connecticut Foreign Corporation Forms: https://business.ct.gov/Manage/All-business-filings/Foreign-Stock-and-Nonstock-Corporations?language=en_US
- Connecticut Foreign Application for Certificate of Authority: https://business.ct.gov/-/media/BusinessOneStop/BRS-Forms/Corporation-Forms/App-for-Cert-of-Authority-2020.pdf
- Connecticut current entity database: https://service.ct.gov/business/s/onlinebusinesssearch?language=en_US
- Connecticut Forms and Fees FAQ: https://business.ct.gov/forms-and-fees?language=en_US
- Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Guide to Charities: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DCP/-charities/CHARITIES_GUIDE_2018
- Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Starting a Nonprofit FAQ: CT Department of Consumer Protection Starting a Nonprofit FAQ: https://portal.ct.gov/DCP/License-Services-Division/License-Division/Non-Profit-Organization
- Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Charitable Registration: https://portal.ct.gov/DCP/Charities/Public-Charities
- Connecticut Department of Revenue Services Tax Exemptions FAQ: https://portal.ct.gov/DRS/Sales-Tax/Tax-Exemption-Programs-for-Nonprofit-Organizations
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