Archive for the ‘Informational’ Category

I attended an eWomen Network Conference in Dallas, TX, and got to hear several great speakers. Among them was Lisa Nichols, and she said two very profound things I want to leave as tips for you:

“Get out of your comfort zone, feel the fear, and just do it!”

“People are more comfortable with the familiar discomfort, as opposed to being in an unfamiliar possibility.”

I am finding these lists to be very helpful as I think of ways to incorporate some of these dates in my business.

Days
June 1 – Donut Day and Stand for Children Day
June 3 – Egg Day
June 4 – Cheese Day
June 5 – National Gingerbread Day and World Environment Day
June 6 – D-Day, National Applesauce Cake Day, and National Yo-Yo Day
June 10 – Ball Point Pen Day and Iced Tea Day
June 12 – Magic Day
June 13 – Race Unity Day (Second Sunday in June) and Weed Your Garden Day
June 14 – Flag Day, “Pop Goes the Weasel” Day, and World Juggling Day
June 15 – Fly A Kite Day and Power of a Smile Day
June 16 – National Fudge Day
June 17 – Eat Your Vegetables Day
June 18 – International Picnic Day
June 19 – Juneteenth
June 20 – Bald Eagle Day, Father’s Day (Third Sunday of June_and Ice Cream Soda Day
June 23 – National Pecan Sandies Day, National Pink Day, Soap Opera Day, and United Nations Public Service Day
June 24 – U.F.O. Day
June 26 – National Chocolate Pudding Day
June 28 – Paul Bunyan Day
June 29 – Camera Day
June 30 – Meteor Day

Weeks
Week 1 – National Fishing Week
Week 2 – National Clay Week
Week 4 – National Camping Week

Month
Dairy Month
Great Outdoors Month
National Adopt-A-Cat Month
National Drive Safe Month
National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rose Month
National Safety Month
National Tennis Month
Potty Training Awareness Month
Turkey Lovers Month
Zoo and Aquarium Month

I’m reposting this entry from January 2008, because this question has come up several times this week.

Too often I hear people referring to ALL nonprofit organizations as a 501(c)3 and they are not. So, I thought it would be beneficial to list the various types of nonprofits.

Here is a list from Internal Revenue Services of the types of nonprofit organizations:
501(c)(1) — Corporations organized under acts of Congress such as Federal Credit Unions
501(c)(2) — Title holding corporations for exempt organizations
501(c)(3) — Various charitable, non-profit, religious, and educational organizations (see below)
501(c)(4) — Various political education organizations (see below)
501(c)(5) — Labor Unions and Agriculture
501(c)(6) — Business league and chamber of commerce organizations (see below)
501(c)(7) — Recreational club organizations
501(c)(8) — Fraternal beneficiary societies
501(c)(9) — Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Associations
501(c)(10) — Fraternal lodge societies
501(c)(11) — Teachers’ retirement fund associations
501(c)(12) — Local Benevolent Life Insurance Associations, Mutual Irrigation and Telephone Companies and like organizations
501(c)(13) — Cemetery companies
501(c)(14) — Credit Unions
501(c)(15) — Mutual insurance companies
501(c)(16) — Corporations organized to finance crop operations
501(c)(17) — Employees’ associations
501(c)(18) — Employee-funded pension trusts created before June 25, 1959
501(c)(19) — Veterans’ organizations
501(c)(20) — Group legal services plan organizations
501(c)(21) — Black lung benefit trusts
501(c)(22) — Withdrawal liability payment fund
501(c)(23) — Veterans’ organizations created before 1880
501(c)(25) — Title-holding corporations for qualified exempt organizations
501(c)(26) — State-sponsored high-risk health coverage organizations
501(c)(27) — State-sponsored workers’ compensation reinsurance organizations
501(c)(28) — National railroad retirement investment trust
501(d) — Religious and Apostolic associations
501(e) — Cooperative hospital service organizations
501(f) — Cooperative service organizations of operating educational organizations
501(k) — Child care organizations
501(n) — Charitable risk pools
521(a) — Farmers’ cooperative associations
527 — Political organizations

To get more detailed information go to http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p557.pdf pages 60 and 61 give you an Organizational Reference Chart. It is a very handy tool when deciding what type of nonprofit you are starting.

Have you decided if you are calling the year twenty-ten
or two thousand ten? Initially I said that I was calling it twenty-ten, but I
find myself unconsciously saying the other. So, I think I will switch and
pledge my allegiance to two thousand ten. With that all figured out, and behind
me, this is going to be a great year, no matter what I call it, and definitely a
fresh beginning for Nonprofit Connectors.

I have several irons in the fire. Let me unveil a few of
them for you now:

Free Office Hours: 
I started off this new year with offering free 15-minute individual
sessions. I call them Free Office Hours. All you have to do is set an appointment
with me for a 15-minute slot between 10am – 11:30am Eastern Time. I will answer
your burning question about getting your nonprofit started. So, what question
do you have about getting started? I am sure I can find you the answer.

Free Resource:  I
have created a free resource for anyone looking to start a nonprofit. This
resource is a collection of my most popular articles all related to the startup
of a nonprofit. You just need to complete the “Sign Up” for this blog and the
articles will be emailed to you.

NPC Resource Guide: For a few years I’ve been compiling
resources for starting a nonprofit organization. This resource guide contains
over 200 resources categorized for novice nonprofit executives, and grouped by medium
type. Each resource contains bibliographical information which makes it that
much easier to do additional research. This resource guide will be available
for sale in a few short weeks.

There are more things coming to answer the needs of those
wanting to start a nonprofit. So, sign up today to receive this blog in your
email, check out the website, and ask questions. I want to help you make your
nonprofit dream a reality!