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On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 09:43:57AM -0400 or thereabouts, John Davis wrote: |
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> "Is the foundation currently incorporated, and if so, what is its |
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> corporate structure? |
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> If it's not incoporated, is there any particular state where most of the |
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> members or trustees are located? Would people be adverse to doing it in |
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> Delaware?" |
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Delaware historically has had friendlier laws for corporations, which is |
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why a majority of large companies who are incorporated within the US choose |
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Delaware |
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http://www.companiesinc.com/whereto.asp |
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That's one random google link -- feel free to google for others. |
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> Are we sure that we want to go the 501(c)(6) route, or would we like |
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> [Redacted] to give us more information on some other NFP statuses? |
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As Nick said, I think we want/need some legal advice on whether or not we |
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can establish a 501(c)(3) sub-organization that will allow us to take |
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advantage of the tax benefits offered to those kinds of organizations. |
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> Kurt, do you have some information on the conference call system at your |
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> workplace? I will need to forward [Redacted] the phone number and password |
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> (if applicable). |
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--kurt |