My LLC  (scientific consulting) is a member of a US Technical Advisory 
Group (TAG) to an ISO Committee.  Since TAG collects dues from its 
members to pay dues to ANSI and other financial obligations, it is 
incorporated as a business league in North Carolina.  My understanding 
is that the paper work including Fed Tax reporting is very simple.

John

On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Paul Freese wrote:

> I agree with Jim.  One could organize as a not for profit without 
> 501(c)(3) status.  Less headache and scrunity.  As Jim stated, you 
> would be ineligible for most grants  and donors would not be able to 
> write off donations to your organization...
> Paul
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android    On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Jim 
> Felder<jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:   I work for a 501(c)(3). I am the 
> director. There are other ways to organize
> that don't require so much work and expense--you have to have a board 
> of
> directors, keep minutes of meeting, have an executive director, etc. 
> in
> order to be able to handle the money for grants, which you probably 
> don't
> need. There is a lot of scrutiny involved, and people think it allows 
> you
> to be tax-free but that is not so. Be able to describe what you want 
> to do
> and how you want it to work and you will probably find that there is a 
> much
> easier way than a 501(c)(3).
>
> Jim
>
> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 8:21 AM kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
> kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I want to set Vanagon.com as a Non-Profit for Education Purposes.  I 
>> think
>> I can do this as a 501c3 but I wanted to see if anyone has any 
>> experience
>> or advice on this.  I have been doing research and it is complicated 
>> and
>> harder than you would think.  I would probably need to hire a lawyer 
>> for
>> advice and to be sure it is set up correctly.  I don't want the IRS 
>> showing
>> up at some point and shutting things down, etc.  If you can give me 
>> some
>> advice or direction on this I would appreciate it.
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com
>>