Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Rhode Island and New Hampshire
Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. This is the eighth in a series of “Quick Tip” episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. With the help of Joe Hilliard, Senior Paralegal at Farella Braun + Martel, today we look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in Rhode Island and New Hampshire, such as ease of formation, available standardized documents, filing fees, and similar matters.
The laws of all the States prescribe certain formalities that organizers of business entities must go through so that the entity can be regulated and subject to legal process as a person. As with all the States we have discussed, if you do business as a nonprofit in Rhode Island or New Hampshire or solicit charitable contributions there (even if just through the nonprofit corporation’s website), the nonprofit may need to have a legal presence and be registered in these two States.
Resources:
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@farellabraunmartel/podcasts
For Rhode Island:
- Rhode Island Department of State Corporations page: https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-services
- Rhode Island's current entity database: https://business.sos.ri.gov/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx
- Rhode Island Department of State Nonprofits formation FAQ, including forms and fees: https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-services/non-profit/start-a-non-profit-corporation
- Rhode Island Domestic Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation form: https://docs.sos.ri.gov/documents/BusinessServices/200-articles-of-incorporation.pdf
- Rhode Island Application for Authority for a Non-Profit Corporation Form: https://docs.sos.ri.gov/documents/BusinessServices/250-certificate-of-authority.pdf
- Rhode Island Nonprofit Annual Report FAQ: https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-services/non-profit/file-your-annual-report
- Rhode Island Nonprofit Annual Report form: https://docs.sos.ri.gov/documents/BusinessServices/631-non-profit-corporation-annual-report.pdf
- Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation Charitable Organizations website: https://dbr.ri.gov/insurance-banking-securities-and-charitable-organizations/securities-and-charities/charitable
- Rhode Island Charitable Organization License Application: https://dbr.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur696/files/documents/divisions/securities/Charitable_Organizations_Application.pdf
- Rhode Island Sales Tax Exemption FAQ: https://tax.ri.gov/exemptOrg/index.php
- Rhode Island Sales Tax Exemption Application: https://tax.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur541/files/forms/2021/Field-Audit/ExemptOrgApp_w.pdf
For New Hampshire:
- New Hampshire Secretary of State Corporations Division website: https://www.sos.nh.gov/corporations
- New Hampshire Secretary of State "Quickstart" business formation page: https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online
- New Hampshire Secretary of State FAQ: https://sos.nh.gov/corporation-ucc-securities/corporation/faqs/
- New Hampshire current entity database: https://sos.nh.gov/corporation-ucc-securities/corporation/business-name-lookup/?id=8589984419
- New Hampshire Nonprofit Corporation FAQ: https://sos.nh.gov/corporation-ucc-securities/corporation/forms-and-fees/domestic-and-foreign-nonprofit-corporation/
- New Hampshire Domestic Nonprofit Forms and Fees FAQ: https://sos.nh.gov/corporation-ucc-securities/corporation/forms-and-fees/domestic-and-foreign-nonprofit-corporation/domestic-forms/
- New Hampshire Foreign Nonprofit Forms and Fees FAQ: https://sos.nh.gov/corporation-ucc-securities/corporation/forms-and-fees/domestic-and-foreign-nonprofit-corporation/foreign-forms/
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