Non profit organization

[Thequeen]

Has anyone ever started their own non profit organization or been involved in helping someone who has??? Been having some idea's come to my head and wanted to talk to someone who has or knows a thing or two about this!!!

[growler]

You might want to look at these sites, they might help.

http://www.nolo.com
http://www.harborcompliance.com

[Urban Dahlia]

Hope This Is Helpful:

Nonprofit Startup LegalZoom

CharityNet USA

Society For Nonprofits

National Council Of Nonprofits

Foundation Center

[Luscious-Lili]

Those are all very helpful sites. Those should be all you need to start one yourself. Good luck!

[Wizard of Ahhhhs]

If our economy continues to suck like it's been doing, all businesses will be non-profit.

[Gabrielle TallCoolOne]

I have a rather unique idea for a charity fundraising type website, and have been doing a little research. I am in college and don't have a lot of spare time for it, but I am trying to decide how I can protect my idea. I'm leaning toward intellectual property, any suggestions?

[bartipero]

Unless it really is pretty unique it's unlikely you can qualify that as intellectual property beyond trademarking any unique symbols you develop or copyrighting the written material you develop yourself which is unique enough that it isn't already copyrighted. There are dozens of the kind of web sites that do what you propose, and community foundations have aggregated such things for many years.